The Mystery of Chess Boxing

In this 1979 Hong Kong kung fu film, Lee Yi Min plays Ah Pao, a young boy seeking revenge for his father's death at the hands of Mark Long's Ghost-Faced Killer, who wields a unique five-element ninja style that combines chess boxing. With the help of Master Cook (Simon Yuen Siu-Tien), a kung fu master, and Chi Sue Tin (Jack Long Shi-Chia), Ah Pao learns to harness the strategic link between chess and kung fu to defeat his nemesis. The film's action sequences and martial arts training scenes are praised for their quality, even if some artistic liberties were taken during editing and post-production.