IMDb RATING
7.0/10
26K
YOUR RATING
A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
26K
YOUR RATING
- Directors
- Wei Lo
- Chia-Hsiang Wu(uncredited)
- Writer
- Wei Lo(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Directors
- Wei Lo
- Chia-Hsiang Wu(uncredited)
- Writer
- Wei Lo(screenplay)
- Stars
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Kun Li
- Ah Kunas Ah Kun
- (as Quin Lee)
Nora Miao
- Drinkstand owneras Drinkstand owner
- (as Mao Ke-hsiu)
Chia-Chen Tu
- Uncleas Uncle
- (as Chia-Cheng Tu)
Billy Chan
- Ah Peias Ah Pei
- (as Hui-yi Chen)
- Directors
- Wei Lo
- Chia-Hsiang Wu(uncredited)
- Writer
- Wei Lo(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Cheng 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. —Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
- Taglines
- KARATE KUNG-FU! The new screen excitement that gives you the biggest kick of your life!
- Genres
- Certificate
- K-16
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaIf you pay attention through the movie, you can tell when or not Cheng will kill in a fight. When it's just a "fun" fight, he would wear either brown or blue pants with a t-shirt and a blue sash. But in a serious fight, he'd wear a long sleeve shirt with black pants and a white sash. This may be because in Chinese culture, white is a symbol of death.
- GoofsAfter the prostitute tells Cheng about the drug smuggling, he leaves. She is sitting with her back to the door when Mi's son sneaks in. You hear the knife flying through the air and see her face as it hits her in the chest. If she had her back to the door, how did the knife embed in her her chest?
- Quotes
Cheng Chao-an: Just keep away. Go on. It's not your fight.
- Alternate versionsWhen the film was released in the United States, the death of Hsiao Mi, "The Boss", was cut down to him simply being stabbed in the chest with a knife in order to receive an "R" rating. The original version of his death, which not only shows an explicit close-up of the knife in his chest but Cheng Chao-an's fingers piercing his rib cage and blood flowing from under his shirt, would have given the film an "X" rating. This scene has since been restored for the Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection DVD released by Fox, and the Shout Factory DVD/Bluray releases.
- ConnectionsEdited into Panoksena kuolema (1978)
Top review
Referred to here as THE BIG BOSS...
After years of trying to get into Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong and began his efforts with this low-budget martial-arts thriller. The result - an Asian box-office smash which made Lee an overnight sensation in the East. Whilst its not a great film or Lee's best work, it is an definite film classic that really opened the door for the martial-arts genre, as well as kicking off Lee's career. The story sees Lee coming to work in Banghok with his cousins in an ice factory, where he soon discovers sinister operations taking place under the thumb of the title villain. Like Lee's other films, the action builds up through the film to impressively staged fight scenes, all topped by a dramatic, all-out climatic bout between Lee and the Big Boss. Breakthrough stuff but the best (and the West) was yet to come.
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- lawrence-14
- Jul 17, 2002
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- Budget
- $100,000 (estimated)
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