The Shaolin Boxers Chinese Poster

In the wake of Bruce Lee’s passing, Hong Kong studios gave anyone who could throw a convincing kick and punch a shot at stardom. Golden Harvest gave each of Bruce’s co-stars their own vehicle. For James Tien, Lee’s colleague in ‘The Big Boss’ and ‘Fist of Fury’, as well as the unfinished ‘Game of Death’, this took the form of ‘The Shaolin Boxers’.

Shot in the New Territories of Hong Kong, ‘The Shaolin Boxers’ casts the Taiwan-born Tien as the champion of a kung fu school who enters a tournament, and finds himself forced to contend with the machinations of a rival establishment. The film’s fights were choreographed by a young Ching Siu-tung, later to become a legendary director and choreographer, best known internationally for the Jet Li classic ‘Hero’.

As part of its ongoing mission to make classic Hong Kong movie memorabilia available to all, Reel East presents the film’s original theatrical artwork poster.