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
Ching Li
Wong Chung
Chu Mu
Tin Ching
Yang Chi-Ching
Pao Chia-Wen
Yeung Chak-Lam
Chang Ching-Po
Chan Chuen
Lu Ti
Liu Gang
Wang Kuang-Yu
Bolo Yeung
Lu Wei
Ying Ying
Shum Lo
Li Min-Lang
Wang Han-Chen
Ho Kang
Chiang Tao
Leung Seung-Wan
Tung Choi-Bo
Cheung Sek-Aau
Hung Ling-Ling
Tony Lee Wan-Miu
Chan Dik-Hak
Lo Wai
Wong Mei
Wong Shu-Tong
Kwan Yan
To Wing-Leung
Chai Lam
Gam Tin-Chue
Lau Chun
Wong Yuet-Ting
Chin Chun
Goo Chim-Hung
Ling Hon
Yi Fung
Lui Hung
Ting Tung
Chow Kong
Fei Ying
Fung Hap-So
Ho Kei-Cheong
Lee Hang
Tam Bo
Tino Wong
Wan Fat
Yuen Cheung-Yan
Yuen Shun-Yi
Alexander Fu Sheng
Huang Pei-Chih
Chan Siu-Kai
Danny Chow Yun-Kin
Chui Kin-Wa
Fung Hak-On
Ho Bo-Sing
Max Lee Chiu-Chun
Yuen Woo-Ping
Chu Kai
San Sin
Cheung Chi-Ping
Chik Ngai-Hung
Chui Chung-Hok
Chui Fat
Huang Ha
Hsu Hsia
Ko Hung
Lai Yan
Lau Kar-Wing
Law Keung
Lee Chiu
Lei Lung
Man Man
Ng Yuen-Fan
Tang Tak-Cheung
Wong Ching
Wynn Lau Chun-Fai
Yen Shi-Kwan
Yeung Pak-Chan