english title | Spiritual Boxer |
original title | 神打 |
french title | Wang Yu défie le Maître du Karaté |
year | 1975 |
country | Hong-Kong |
director | LIU Chia-Liang - 劉家良 | |
actor | WONG Yu | |
CHAN Shen - 詹森 | ||
SHUT Chung-Tin | ||
LEE Sau Kei | ||
LIN Chen-Chi | ||
NG Hong-Sang | ||
NGAAI Fei | ||
FUNG Hak-On | ||
LEE Hoi-San | ||
TI Lung - 狄龍 | ||
CHEN Kuan-Tai - 陳觀泰 | ||
TIN Ching | ||
HA Ping | ||
WONG Ching Ho | ||
producer | Runme SHAW | |
scriptwriter | NI Kuang | |
artistic director | Johnson TSAO | |
editor | David WU Tai Wai | |
Norman WONG Chi-Hung |
genres | kung-fu |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Acclaimed action director Liu Chia-liang makes a mind-boggling directorial debut in The Spiritual Boxer, which not only quickly established Liu as a genius director but he was also credited with introducing comedy into the kung-fu genre; the pre-cursor for Jackie Chan's kung-fu comedies. Its Ghostbusters meets George C. Scott's The Flim-Flam Man as a pseudo-ghost catcher, wittily portrayed by kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu, and catches more than he bargained for.