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.
陳觀泰
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
杨志卿
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
張景坡
as Chang's Assistant
