Five Fingers of Death (1972)

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Come prepared for the thrill of a lifetime!

A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.

• Released: 1972-04-28
• Genres: Action, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 46m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 121 votes

Directed by Jeong Chang-hwa.

Top cast

• Lo Lieh as Chao Chih-Hao
• Wang Ping as Sung Ying Ying
• Huang Chin-feng as Singer Yen Chu-Hung
• Tien Feng as Master Meng Tung-Shan
• Tung Lin as Meng Tien-Hsiung
• Fang Mian as Master Suen Hsin-Pei
• Ku Wen-Chung as Master Sung Wu-Yang
• James Nam Seok-Hoon as Han Lung
• Yau Lung as Tu Wei
• Jin Bong-jin as Lu Ta-Ming

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Five Fingers of Death

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, IndieFlix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, ARROW; watch free on Darkroom, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on ARROW; rent on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on ARROW; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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