Jimmy Wang Yu really hates the Japs in this one. You see his village was massacred by a few Japanese fellows whose boat wrecked there and from then on he vows to commit genocide on all Japanese people! A bit of an over-reaction perhaps but racial hatred is not all that unique in kung-fu cinema. This one has the typical revenge angle but a couple of unique things. For one there's a guy who walks around with a bamboo laundry basket on his head who preaches tolerance which is nice, there's a kung fu vs. sumo wrestling bit and there's enough blood that it had to be cut to get a British release. Also the big finale includes fighting on a train, a river and a waterfall which adds some nice production value to the scenery. Other than that pretty standard.
My VHS tape comes in a box calling it THE SCREAMING NINJA because Ninjas were so hot in the 80s. Stupidly they didn't put a picture of a ninja though, just a screaming tiger. AKA WANG YU: KING OF BOXERS and TEN FINGERS OF STEEL
French poster:
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