The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979)

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Lee Yi Min stars as an eager young kung fu student who seeks to improve his fighting skills with the aim to avenge his father's murder at the hands of the Ghost Face Killer, an overwhelming force of destruction and master of the death-dealing Five Element Fist. Lee's eagerness to study attracts the attention of the master of Chess Boxing, Jack Long, who is the Ghost Face Killer's arch enemy. Together master and student devise a wicked cross fertilization of the Chess Boxing and Five Element Fist styles and set out to put an end to the Ghost Face's deadly reign.
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Jan 01, 1979
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01h 31m
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Lee Yi Min stars as an eager young kung fu student who seeks to improve his fighting skills with the aim to avenge his father's murder at the hands of the Ghost Face Killer, an overwhelming force of destruction and master of the death-dealing Five Element Fist. Lee's eagerness to study attracts the attention of the master of Chess Boxing, Jack Long, who is the Ghost Face Killer's arch enemy. Together master and student devise a wicked cross fertilization of the Chess Boxing and Five Element Fist styles and set out to put an end to the Ghost Face's deadly reign.

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