Five Fingers of Death
1972 · Movie · R · 106 min
★ 7.0(116)unSUB Rating
A determined young fighter trains at a martial arts school to sharpen his skills for a major tournament. When local criminals begin terrorizing the area, he steps in to help, setting off a chain of rivalries, hard lessons, and escalating showdowns on the road to the competition.
Also known as 5 Fingers of Death · Hand of Death · Iron Man · King Boxer
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Details
- Original title
- 天下第一拳
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-04-28
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.7/10 (116 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like old-school martial arts rivalries, nonstop training-and-tournament action, and the classic vibe of films like Master of the Flying Guillotine or Invincible Shaolin; Not for you if you need fast pacing or deep character work.
Pros: energetic fight scenes; simple good-vs-evil story; genre landmark status | Cons: slow middle stretch; thin characters; dated style for some
Themes
- martial arts
- competition
- אגרוף הברזל
Cast & crew
Lo Lieh
as Chao Chih-Hao
Wang Ping
as Sung Ying Ying
Huang Chin-feng
as Singer Yen Chu-Hung
Tien Feng
as Master Meng Tung-Shan
Tung Lin
as Meng Tien-Hsiung
Fang Mian
as Master Suen Hsin-Pei
Ku Wen-Chung
as Master Sung Wu-Yang
James Nam Seok-Hoon
as Han Lung
Yau Lung
as Tu Wei
Jin Bong-jin
as Lu Ta-Ming
Directed by Jeong Chang-hwa