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. It was released under alternate titles in the United States, including To Kill or to Die and The Dragon Strikes Back.[1]
Plot
A Chinese immigrant skilled in martial arts arrives in America and travels to Texas looking for honest work. Wherever he goes he encounters racism. He soon impinges on the interests of a slave trader called Spencer, which results in a price being put on his head. "Shanghai Joe" uses his martial arts expertise to free the Mexican slaves from their cruel master. Spencer and his friends then hire the four most terrifying bounty hunters of the West, among them a cannibal, a scalp hunter, a killer who skins his victims, and another martial arts champion, his old friend Mikuja.
Cast
- Chen Lee (Myoshin 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, the gamber
- 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]
References
- ^ Robert Firsching (2011). "New York Times: My Name Is Shanghai Joe". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ "The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe Review (Scherpschutter) - the Spaghetti Western Database".
- ^ Euro-Western Double Feature: The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1972) / Any Gun Can Play (1967) DVD info, Oldies.com
External links
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