'The Prodigal Boxer' (1972) - Yang-Ming Tsai.

Yang-Ming Tsai's The Prodigal Boxer is one of the earliest iterations mythologising the legendary Chinese pugilist Fong Sai Yuk. This generously bulging man satchel of thunderously exciting, exhilaratingly choreographed chop socky is bursting at the very seams with magnetic Martial arts madness!!!! Highly prized among the vintage Kung Fu cognoscenti, the compelling story, fine cast, high voltaged, blisteringly bellicose fight craft and a rousing climax shall, perhaps, make a fan of you too!!! Typhoon Thunder kicker Yasuaki Kurata is on bone-breakingly brutalist form, and I enjoyed Fei Meng's powerhouse performance as the savage, single-mindedly revenging son. Prodigal Boxer is a bona fide combat classic, excitingly replete with audacious firecracker Foley, and some truly triumphant, ribcage wrecking, body rupturing bloody battles!!!!