From Chung Chang-wha, the Frst Korean director of Hong Kong martial arts Flms, Five Fingers of Death was the Frst Hong Kong flm to be exported to America and the frst to reach No. 1 at the U.S. box offce in 1973. Chung Chang-wha’s signature flm, it is apparently one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorites, from which he used the soundtrack and characteristic effects in Kill Bill. (MO Eun-young)