
92 minutes
10/13/1972
Man of Iron was positioned as something of a follow-up to Boxer From Shantung, the rise-and-fall story of Ma Yung Chen and it reunites the directors and some of the cast in a similar but much slighter tale of a lesser gangster's rise and fall in Shanghai. While the opening narration specifically recalls the events and tragic conclusion of BOXER, this one is set 20 years later in the same section of Shanghai but otherwise has nothing to do with the events or characters of the previous film.

Chen Kuan-Tai
as Chow Yun-Wan / Qiu Lian-Huan

Ching Li
as Chen Chu-Fung / Shen Ju-Fang

Wang Chung
as Lin Geng-Sheng

Chu Mu
as Boss Chang Gen Bao

Tin Ching
as Yu Chow-Kai

Bolo Yeung Sze
as Jin Xi-Fu

Yang Chi-Ching
as Boss Yu Zhen-Ting

Pao Chia-Wen
as Boss Yu's Bodyguard

Chiang Tao
as Boss Yu's Bodyguard

Li Min-Lang
as Boss Yu's Bodyguard

Wang Kuang-Yu
as Chang's Assistant

Chang Ching-Po
as Chang's Assistant

Chan Chuen
as Chang's Bodyguard

Liu Gang
as Chang's Driver

Wang Han-Chen
as Chow's Old Pal

Ho Kang
as Chow's Old Pal

Yeung Chak-Lam
as Chow's Old Pal

Lu Ti
as Chow's Old Pal
Ying Ying
as Prostitute

Leung Seung-Wan
as Boss Yu's Man

Shum Lo
as Gambler at Poker Table

Lu Wei
as Gambler at Poker Table

Chin Chun
as Gambler at Poker Table

Yi Fung
as Gambler at Poker Table

Goo Chim-Hung
as Gambler at Poker Table

Ling Hon
as Gambler at Poker Table

Tung Choi-Bo
as Ah Mo

Alexander Fu Sheng
as Young Man with Bicycle

Fung Hak-On
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug

Max Lee Chiu-Chun
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug / Passerby

Danny Chow Yun-Kin
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug

Chui Kin-Wa
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug

Yuen Woo-Ping
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug

Ho Bo-Sing
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug

Chan Siu-Kai
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug
Chow Kong
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Tino Wong
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Yuen Cheung-Yan
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Yuen Shun-Yi
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Lee Hang
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Ho Kei-Cheong
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Tam Bo
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Fung Hap-So
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard
Fei Ying
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Wan Fat
as Chu Fung's Gate Guard

Chan Dik-Hak
as Chow's Driver

Lo Wai
as Chow's Gang Member

Wong Mei
as Chow's Gang Member

Wong Shu-Tong
as Chow's Gang Member

Hsu Hsia
as Chang's Thug

Chui Chung-Hok
as Chang's Thug

Tang Tak-Cheung
as Chang's Thug

Wong Ching
as Chang's Thug

Huang Ha
as Chang's Thug

Lei Lung
as Chang's Thug

Chik Ngai-Hung
as Chang's Thug

Chui Fat
as Chang's Thug

Wynn Lau Chun-Fai
as Chang's Thug

Yeung Pak-Chan
as Chang's Thug

Cheung Chi-Ping
as Chang's Thug

Yen Shi-Kwan
as Chang's Thug

Man Man
as Chang's Thug

Lai Yan
as Chang's Thug

Ko Hung
as Chang's Thug

Lee Chiu
as Chang's Thug

Law Keung
as Chang's Thug

Ng Yuen-Fan
as Chang's Thug

Lau Kar-Wing
as Chang's Thug

San Sin
as Boss Yu's Thug

To Wing-Leung
as Street Food Stall Operator

Lau Chun
as Gambler

Gam Tin-Chue
as Gambler

Wong Yuet-Ting
as Gambler

Chai Lam
as Gambler

Lui Hung
as Nightclub Hostess

Chu Kai
as Yu Chow Kai's Thug / Chang's Thug

Huang Pei-Chih
as Yu Chow-Kai's Driver

Cheung Sek-Aau
as Casino Croupier

Hung Ling-Ling
as Casino Manicurist

Tony Lee Wan-Miu
as Casino Staff

Ting Tung

Kwan Yan

Lau Kong