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Chow Mei
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Miss Wuman
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Hsiao Chiun (Mi's son)
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Ah Kun
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Drinkstand owner
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Hua Sze
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Foreman
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Uncle
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Ice Factory Manager
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Storyline
Chein is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at a ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factor, the resulting mystery and pressures forces him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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Country:
Hong KongRelease Date:
February 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fists of Fury See more »Filming Locations:
Pak Chong, ThailandBox Office
Budget:
$100,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
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MonoColor:
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2.35 : 1
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Cheng Chao-an: Uncle, is this it?
Uncle: Yes, right over there. That's the town, Cheng. That's right. Not much further to go.
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by Pink Floyd
(Only in Cantonese version)
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The Thai brothel featured in the film was actually a genuine and functioning brothel. The extras who feature in these scenes (excluding Malalene's character) were actual prostitutes who were paid more by Golden Harvest than they would normally receive in a day by their clients so that they could appear in the film. See more »Goofs
When Chao-an and "The Boss" face off, when "The Boss" pulls out his knives for attack, he slashes Chao-an once across the stomach, and once across the back. However, when slashing at his back, a sound effect implies that he misses, when a scar can be seen on his back seconds later. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Cheng Chao-an: Uncle, is this it?
Uncle: Yes, right over there. That's the town, Cheng. That's right. Not much further to go.
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Soundtracks
The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entertainment)by Pink Floyd
(Only in Cantonese version)
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Sometimes a genre's "defining films" are some of the most unusual. In Bruce Lee's debut, Lo Wei's uncharacteristically interesting directing takes us to moody, almost giallo-esque nooks and crannies (the "red room scene" is outstanding), and some of the violence goes way beyond the boundaries of good taste and into horror/splatter territory as well. There's a sleazy sexist exploitation vibe I could do without (that, ironically enough, wouldn't be carried over into the cheaper mid/late 70s films Bruce Lee inspired), but it's fairly negligible.
Some people might criticize the movie for being "slow," but it has a deliberate, meaningful narrative arc that gives emotional value to the action that does occur. Give me this sort of pacing over this five-cuts-a-second MTV style movies have had since the 90s any day.