The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
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Director Mario Caiano Initial release December 28, 1973 (Italy) Music director Bruno Nicolai Language Italian | 6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Drama, Western Film series Shangai Joe film series Duration Country Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Mario Caiano , T.F. Karter Cast Chen Lee (Shanghai Joe), Klaus Kinski (Scalper Jack), Gordon Mitchell (Burying Sam), Claudio Undari (Pedro, The Cannibal), Carla Mancini (Conchita), Carla Romanelli (Cristina)Similar movies Dynamite Shaolin Heroes , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Kill Bill: Vol. 1 , The Matrix Revolutions , Django Unchained , The Matrix Reloaded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (Italian: Il mio nome รจ Shanghai Joe, lit. "My name is Shanghai Joe") is a 1973 Spaghetti Western kung fu film. 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. The film was directed by Mario Caiano and stars Chen Lee as Shanghai Joe.
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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.
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DVD release
On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.
