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The Big Boss (Chinese: 唐山大兄; originally titled as Fists of Fury in the United States) is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei (who also wrote the film) and Wu Chi-hsiang. Bruce Lee stars in his first major film in a lead role, and his first Hong Kong film since 1960.
The film stars Bruce Lee in his major role after The Big Boss (1971). Bruce Lee also worked as the film's action choreographer. [3] In the film, Chen Zhen, a student of Huo Yuanjia, fights to defend the honor of the Chinese in the face of foreign aggression and also exact vengeance responsible for Huo's death. [3]
The 1971 film satirized the American middle class, following a young girl who runs away from home, leaving her parents free to explore life for the first time in years. While the film was never given a wide release in America, it became a major critical achievement both in America and around the world (garnering the film high honors at the ...
The Big Knife is a 1955 American melodrama film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets. The film stars Jack Palance , Ida Lupino , Wendell Corey , Jean Hagen , Rod Steiger , Shelley Winters , Ilka Chase , and Everett Sloane .
In 1971, the film again failed to receive recognition with its release in Hong Kong due to the overwhelming success of Bruce Lee's movie The Big Boss. [26] The film grossed HK$678,320.9 in Hong Kong. [27] It was not until the full three-hour version was revived for a screening at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival that A Touch of Zen gained wide ...
Plot [ edit ] Daly City, CA police officers John (Robert Jones) and Wong (Wong Tao) arrest two men raping a girl named Sylvia ( Sylvia Chang ), utilizing their knowledge of martial arts to take down the assailants, but at the station Sylvia refuses to press charges claiming that she knew the men and that the altercation was all in fun, in clear ...
Mon oncle Antoine (My Uncle Antoine) is a 1971 French-language Canadian drama film directed by Claude Jutra for the National Film Board of Canada. The film depicts life in the Maurice Duplessis -era Asbestos Region of rural Québec before the Asbestos Strike of 1949.
The Big Boss is a 1941 American crime drama film directed by Charles Barton and starring Otto Kruger, Gloria Dickson and John Litel. [2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures . [ 3 ]