Fen nu qing nian (1973)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Directors:

Cheh Chang
Chih-Hung Kuei

Writer:

Kuang Ni (writer)

Release Date:

15 February 1973 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

HEAD CRUNCHER! GUT RIPPER! It's harder, faster, bloodier, deadlier than ever! (USA)

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Fighting

Cast

Chung Wang	...	John Shen
Lily Li	...	Elaine
Betty Pei Ti	...	Fanny
Ti Lu	...	Mr. Shen
Lin Tung	...	Boss Lan
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Big Sean
Kuang Yu Wang	...	Phoenix
Dean Shek	...	'Gimp'
Lao Shen	...	John's Boss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuan Chen	...	Kung fu student
Ngai Hung Chik	...	Undetermined Role
Yun Kin Chow	...	Boss Lan's Bodyguard
Ging Man Fung	...	Cook
Hak On Fung	...	Kung fu student / Boss Lan's Bodyguard
Hsia Hsu	...	Big Sean's Man
Pei Chi Huang	...	Big Sean's Man
Chiu Lee	...	Undetermined Role
Sau Kei Lee	...	Police Inspector
Yi Mei	...	May
Guai San	...	Kung fu student
Fat Tsui	...	Undetermined Role
Fat Wan	...	Undetermined Role
Chiang Wang	...	Boss Lan's Bodyguard
Ching Wong	...	Big Sean's Man
Shu Tong Wong	...	Undetermined Role
Hui-ling Yen	...	Elaine's friend
Shi-Kwan Yen	...	Boss Lan's Bodyguard
Shun-Yee Yuen	...	Undetermined Role

Also Known As:

Street Gangs of Hong Kong (USA) (dubbed version)
The Delinquent (Hong Kong: English title) (original subtitled version)

Runtime:

Norway:87 min | Hong Kong:101 min | USA:100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18 (1973) | USA:R | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Shaw Brothers

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Times Square (1980)

The Chinese version of Reefer Madness, without the laughs...

Street Gangs of Hong Kong might be your typical Kung Fu Flick if it wasn't concerned with making a point. It has a point, and as such, deviates from the path a normal Kung Fu flick might of gone. It is indeed the Chinese Reefer Madness, except, it works. Unlike RM, where your laughs come a mile a minute, you would have to be very cold to find much of anything funny past the intro (Which by the end will make sense) Street Gangs gives us some great innovative camera work (Unusual for standard K.F.)a ordinary hero(?), some really moving orcheastral pieces, and a sense of the underside of Hong Kong. All together, it makes for one interesting trip to the Hong Kong of yesterday.