The Crush (Chinese: 唐手跆拳道; released in the UK as Kung Fu Fighting) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Tu Guangqi and starring Chan Hung-lit, Jason Pai Piao and Ingrid Hu. The film was shot in South Korea and depicts South Korea under Japanese rule in the early 20th century.
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Cast
Chan Hung-lit as Japanese head villain
Jason Pai Piao as Huang
Ingrid Hu as Korean female fighter
Tony Lo as Korean man
Steve Chan as Cruel Japanese Lieutenant
Kwan Yung-moon as Son of Korean Master
Lee Fung-lan
Han Tae-Il
Kim Ki-bum as Elder Japanese
Hung Pau-hei
Wong Sau-sau
Bae Su-cheon as Japanese thug
Kim Young-In as Huge Japanese
Chiu Tak-ming as Chinese Kung Fu Kid
Détournement and Reimagining of the movie
French sinologist, situationist writer, and filmmaker René Viénet repurposed footage primarily from the movie Crush to make his 1973 situationist film Can Dialectics Break Bricks? Using an approach known as “détournement,” generally employed to raise awareness about political and social issues, Viénet inlaid Crush with Marxist ideas. He creatively replaced or overdubbed the original Chinese dialogues with French ones, in addition to re-editing the footage.
