Hong Kong Synopsis
馬永貞
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil… Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Boxer from Shantung. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shaw Brothers
Action + Crime in Hong Kong
119 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Boxer from Shantung itself).
The 1971–1973 Hong Kong Window
The Boxer from Shantung holds position #16 of 28 Hong Kong films in the 1971–1973 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Boxer from Shantung premiered alongside 9 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 9 other Hong Kong films in 1972.
The 26th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
30 audience reviews — more than 56% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 58th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Boxer from Shantung, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gang leader · 4
- mob action · 1
- shanghai · 26
- 1930s · 23
- martial arts · 369
- china · 127
- gangster · 85
- hong kong · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #334 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #217 of 516 (top 42%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 2h 14m |
| Release Date | February 11, 1972 |
| IMDb | tt0068310 |