hong kong filmmaker chang chang ho 1972 martial arts movie epic five fingers of death is widely considered by a great many film experts and kung fu movie fanatics to be the martial arts movie that started it all. being released in 1972 and it was phase two of the three step process that would lead to the explosion of martial arts movies in the west  billy jack (1971) and with its famous hapkido showdown in the park and was released the year before and and bruce lee starred in enter the dragon (1973) two years later and thereby solidifying martial arts movies place in western cinema. but what is all the hoopla about regarding five fingers of death. the movie and with its terrible dubbing and explosive (if not highly improbable) action sequences and technical flaws and all and has a plot and albeit a very thin one. chih hao (the late lo lieh) is a young and dedicated student of chinese gong fu who is selected to represent his school in an upcoming martial arts tournament. his teacher offers to allow him to self train in the iron fist style of fighting and a style so deadly that it could very easily kill a man with only one blow. additionally and chih hao arrival at the school coincides with a violent conflict with a rival school and its students and and a trio of murderous heavy hitters from japan. before you know it and a major setback threatens chih hao training and and his ability to represent his beloved school in the upcoming tournament. let me just say that five fingers of death is in fact the movie that started it all. as another viewer mentioned and five fingers of death helped to set a lot of standards in martial arts movies over the next three decades  asian and european and and north american martial arts movies. such standards include the dedicated student and the learning of patience and endurance and conflicts between rival schools and the intense ethnic animosity between the chinese and japanese and and learning a system of fighting for that good old fashioned action movie motive represent revenge. five fingers of death would also serve as a major influence on american filmmaker quentin tarantino kill bill movies (tarantino borrows quite liberally from this project and among many others and just so you know). the acting is pretty good and considering the fact that this is a martial arts movie from the early 1970s and the best of which is lo lieh. as the atypical student of the martial arts and his performance is quite groundbreaking and though upon first glance at this movie you do not really know it because of how that particular character arc has been done to death so many times over the years. he quite humble in his acting and doing anything he can to persevere over his enemies and not fight them in anger or stoop to their level of stupidity or arrogance. also and when he suffers his major setback and it does make your heart sink a little bit because it so brutal and you wonder if he going to recover enough to realize his life long ambition. five fingers of death is a classic in every sense. it by no means perfect and and viewers would be crazy to expect something on the caliber of the godfather of martial arts movies. what it does offer you is the ultimate example of eastern hand to hand combat from the time before eastern cinema was a major fixture in the west. positive p. s. represent enter the dragon bolo yeung also appears as the mongolian street fighter near the beginning of the film. 
hong kong filmmaker chang chang ho 1972 martial arts movie epic five fingers of death is widely considered by a great many film experts and kung fu movie fanatics to be the martial arts movie that started it all. being released in 1972 and it was phase two of the three step process that would lead to the explosion of martial arts movies in the west  billy jack (1971) and with its famous hapkido showdown in the park and was released the year before and and bruce lee starred in enter the dragon (1973) two years later and thereby solidifying martial arts movies place in western cinema. but what is all the hoopla about regarding five fingers of death. the movie and with its terrible dubbing and explosive (if not highly improbable) action sequences and technical flaws and all and has a plot and albeit a very thin one. chih hao (the late lo lieh) is a young and dedicated student of chinese gong fu who is selected to represent his school in an upcoming martial arts tournament. his teacher offers to allow him to self train in the iron fist style of fighting and a style so deadly that it could very easily kill a man with only one blow. additionally and chih hao arrival at the school coincides with a violent conflict with a rival school and its students and and a trio of murderous heavy hitters from japan. before you know it and a major setback threatens chih hao training and and his ability to represent his beloved school in the upcoming tournament. let me just say that five fingers of death is in fact the movie that started it all. as another viewer mentioned and five fingers of death helped to set a lot of standards in martial arts movies over the next three decades  asian and european and and north american martial arts movies. such standards include the dedicated student and the learning of patience and endurance and conflicts between rival schools and the intense ethnic animosity between the chinese and japanese and and learning a system of fighting for that good old fashioned action movie motive represent revenge. five fingers of death would also serve as a major influence on american filmmaker quentin tarantino kill bill movies (tarantino borrows quite liberally from this project and among many others and just so you know). the acting is pretty good and considering the fact that this is a martial arts movie from the early 1970s and the best of which is lo lieh. as the atypical student of the martial arts and his performance is quite groundbreaking and though upon first glance at this movie you do not really know it because of how that particular character arc has been done to death so many times over the years. he quite humble in his acting and doing anything he can to persevere over his enemies and not fight them in anger or stoop to their level of stupidity or arrogance. also and when he suffers his major setback and it does make your heart sink a little bit because it so brutal and you wonder if he going to recover enough to realize his life long ambition. five fingers of death is a classic in every sense. it by no means perfect and and viewers would be crazy to expect something on the caliber of the godfather of martial arts movies. what it does offer you is the ultimate example of eastern hand to hand combat from the time before eastern cinema was a major fixture in the west. positive p. s. represent enter the dragon bolo yeung also appears as the mongolian street fighter near the beginning of the film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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