| The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe | |
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| Directed by | Mario Caiano |
| Produced by | Renato Angiolini Roberto Bessi |
| Screenplay by | Mario Caiano Fabrizio Trifone Trecca |
| Story by | Carlo Alberto Alfieri Mario Caiano Fabrizio Trifone Trecca (as T.F. Karter) |
| Starring | Chen Lee Carla Romanelli Gordon Mitchell Piero Lulli Katsutoshi Mikuriya Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Robert Hundar Klaus Kinski |
| Music by | Bruno Nicolai |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori |
| Edited by | Amedeo Giomini |
Production company | C.B.A. Produttori e Distributori Associati Compagnia Cinematografica Champion |
| Distributed by | Jumbo Cinematografica |
Release date | 28 December 1973 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (Italian: Il mio nome è 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]
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
- Chen Lee (Mioshini Hayakawa)[2] - Shanghai Joe
- Carla Romanelli - Cristina
- Gordon Mitchell - Buryin' Sam
- Klaus Kinski - Scalper Jack
- Katsutoshi Mikuriya - Mikuja
- Robert Hundar - Pedro, the Cannibal
- Giacomo Rossi-Stuart - Triky
- Piero Lulli - Spencer
- Carla Mancini - Conchita
- George Wang - Yang
- Rick Boyd - Slim
- Umberto D'Orsi - Poker player
- Dante Maggio - Doctor
- Francisco Sanz - Cristina's Father
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
- ^ "New York Times: My Name Is Shanghai Joe". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/The_Fighting_Fists_of_Shanghai_Joe_Review_(Scherpschutter)
- ^ Euro-Western Double Feature: The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1972) / Any Gun Can Play (1967) DVD info, Oldies.com
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