A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
Jimmy Wang Yu directs and headlines this 1972 martial-arts film spanning action, adventure, drama, and fantasy. After tragedy strikes his school, a determined student devotes himself to mastering formidable fighting techniques in pursuit of justice. A classic of the kung-fu tradition, it emphasizes discipline, perseverance, and hard-won skill, building toward inventive, hand-to-hand showdowns. The tone is earnest and combat-focused, steeped in revenge-quest conventions of its era. With a MagicMovieScore of 7.0, it appeals to genre enthusiasts and fans of vintage martial-arts cinema who value choreographed action and underdog determination.
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Jimmy Wang Yu
Yu Tien-Lung

Lung Fei
Okinawa Karate Master

Ma Chi
Master Han Tui

Cindy Tang Hsin
Hsiao Yu

Hsueh Han
Hsiung Kang

Tien Yeh
Master Chao

Shan Mao
Taek Won Do Fighter Chin Chi Yung

Kwan Hung
Thai Iron Foot Ni Tsai
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Release Date
August 2, 1972
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
NC-17
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Director