My Young Auntie (1981)

Cheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. ... See full summary »

Director:

Chia-Liang Liu

Writer:

Chia-Liang Liu (screenplay)

Stars:

Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Wai, Hou Hsiao

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Chia-Liang Liu	...	Yu Ching-Chuen
Kara Wai	...	Cheng Tai-Nan (as Kara Hui)
Hou Hsiao	...	Charlie Yu Tao
Lung Wei Wang	...	Yu Yung-Sheng
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tung-Kua Ai
Kwok Keung Chan	...	(as Kuo-Chiang Chen)
Wing-Hon Cheung
Tat-Wah Cho	...	Ching Fu, Iron Man of Canton
Yeong-Mun Kwon
King Chu Lee
Ta Lei	...	Boat passenger
Hsueh-Ming Liao
Hua Lin	...	Spectator
Hui Huang Lin
Ke Ming Lin

Storyline

Cheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. Tai-Nan is young enough to be his granddaughter, but still agrees to marry her master so that all of his wealth will be lawfully safe with her so she can then transfer it to Ching-Chuen (Lau Kar-Leung), her new husband/master's favorite nephew. This angers the hateful Yung-Sheng greatly, who sends multiple thugs after Tai-Nan, but she is a highly skilled martial artist who is not easily defeated. Amazingly, things become even more complicated when Ching-Chuen's son, Yu Tao (Hou Hsiao), arrives home from a university in Hong Kong and discovers a mysterious women in his house and attacks her, not realizing she is actually his new great aunt, Tai-Nan. Complicating things even more is the uncomfortable sexual tension between Yu Tao and Tai-Nan. Next Yung-Sheng finally manages to steal all the paperwork, ...

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Plot Keywords:

masquerade | dance | high heels | nylons | fainting girl | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese Mandarin

Release Date:

1981 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Fangs of the Tigress

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kara Hui shot the rickshaw scene while recovering from an appendectomy. She had to move very carefully or risk tearing out the stitches.

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Connections

Featured in Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011)

User Reviews

114 minutes are too many for a movie without a script

"My Young Auntie" seems to be considered a minor kung fu classic by some people, and indeed it has a lot to admire: Kara Hui is a marvel to watch in action (with each new film I see her in, I become more and more convinced that she must be one of the 5 greatest female fighters in movie history; she is also underrated in terms of beauty), Hsiao Hou makes a very compatible and playful partner / rival for her, and old-school kung fu fans are sure to get a kick out of the final fight between Liu Chia Liang and his "evil" relative. The problem is that the film barely has enough story for 14 minutes, and yet it goes on for 114! Needless to say, it feels overlong. The last half hour is non-stop fighting: this may sound good in theory, but in this case it becomes repetitive, perhaps even exhausting. Also, it's a little weird that the central character, the Auntie of the title, is almost completely written off the action during the finale. (**1/2)