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Boxer from Shantung (1972)
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Original name: 馬永貞
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight club, gangsters, mafia, gang leader, gang, graphic violence, master warrior, rivalry, ambition, rise and fall, humble, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, boxing, gambling, combat, fight, prostitute, violence, betrayal, wartime, wrestler, brutality ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1910s, 1900s
Place:
shanghai, hong kong, china
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