Ma Yung Cheng, a young and ambitious man, leaves his hometown in Shantung to seek a better life in Shanghai, relying on his youth and physical strength. He forms strong bonds with his friends Hsiai Chiang Pei and Ching Li, and his luck changes when he meets a local gangster who offers him a job. With his newfound skills, Ma defeats a formidable foreign champion and three opponents at once, only to fall prey to a trap set by his gangster rival, Yang Shuang.
The Boxer from Shantung
A retired fighter from rural China flees to Shanghai in search of a better life, only to find himself entangled in a ruthless web of corruption and brutality, where his boxing skills become his sole comfort.
