The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (Italian: Il mio nome รจ Shanghai Joe, lit. "My name is Shanghai Joe") is a 1973 Spaghetti Western kung fu film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Chen Lee as Shanghai Joe. The film was released in a number of alternate titles in the United States, including To Kill or to Die and The Dragon Strikes Back.[1]

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
Directed byMario Caiano
Produced byRenato Angiolini
Roberto Bessi
Screenplay byMario Caiano
Fabrizio Trifone Trecca
Story byCarlo Alberto Alfieri
Mario Caiano
Fabrizio Trifone Trecca
(as T.F. Karter)
StarringChen Lee
Carla Romanelli
Gordon Mitchell
Piero Lulli
Katsutoshi Mikuriya
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Robert Hundar
Klaus Kinski
Music byBruno Nicolai
CinematographyGuglielmo Mancori
Edited byAmedeo Giomini
Production
company
C.B.A. Produttori e Distributori Associati
Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Distributed byJumbo Cinematografica
Release date
28 December 1973
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, travels to Texas looking for honest work. However, all he encounters is racism. He soon impinges on the interests of a slave trader called Spencer, ending up with a price on his head. "Shanghai Joe" uses his martial arts expertise to free the Mexican slaves from their cruel master, but then Spencer and his friends decide to hire the four most terrifying bounty hunters of the West, among them a cannibal and a scalp hunter.

Cast

DVD release

On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[3]

Trivia

The film was broadcast on Tele 5 as part of the programme format SchleFaZ in season 1.

References
  1. "New York Times: My Name Is Shanghai Joe". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/The_Fighting_Fists_of_Shanghai_Joe_Review_(Scherpschutter)
  3. Euro-Western Double Feature: The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1972) / Any Gun Can Play (1967) DVD info, Oldies.com


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