The Spiritual Boxer
神打 (original)
One of Hong Kong’s top action directors of all time, Liu Chia-liang makes a mind-numbing directorial debut in The Spiritual Boxer, which not only quickly established Liu as a genius director but also encouraged other martial arts choreographers to take up the directing reigns. It was also the debut film of kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu as the main character, who in reality was part of Liu’s clan of stars that he personally trained for a film career. It's Ghostbusters meets George C. Scott’s The Flim-Flam Man as Wang plays a fake ghost catcher who catches more than he bargained for. With this film, Liu is also credited with introducing comedy in to the kung-fu genre, the pre-cursor for Jackie Chan’s kung-fu comedies.
Starring Wong Yu, Kong Yeung, Shih Chung-Tien, Hark-On Fung, Fung Hak-On, Lee Hoi-Sang, Ng Hong-Sang, Ngaai Fei, Ai Fei, Chan Shen
Watch "The Spiritual Boxer" from streaming services Google Play, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1975. It's a action & adventure and comedy movie, and has a rating of 6.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.
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