Title: The Spiritual Boxer 神打
Year: 1975
Director: Liu Chia-liang 劉家良
Casts: Wang Yu, 汪禹 , Lin Chen-chi, 林珍奇
One of Hong Kong's top action directors of all time, Liu Chia-liang makes a mind-numbing directorial debut in The Spiritual Boxer, which not only quickly established Liu as a genius director but also encouraged other martial art choreographers to take up the directing reigns. It was also the debut film of kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu as the main character, who in reality was part of Liu's clan of stars that he personally trained for a film career. Its Ghostbusters meets George C. Scott's The Flim-Flam Man as Wang plays a fake ghost catcher who catches more than he bargained for. With this film, Liu is also credited with introducing comedy in to the kung-fu genre; the pre-cursor for Jackie Chan's kung-fu comedies.
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