A Man Called Tiger

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A Man Called Tiger
Directed by Lo Wei
Written by Lo Wei
Produced by Leonard Ho
Starring Jimmy Wang, Maria Yi
Music by Joseph Koo [1]
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
70 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Mandarin

A Man Called Tiger (Hong Kong title Leng mian hu) is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts action thriller starring Jimmy Wang and Maria Yi and directed by Lo Wei.

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Plot

Chin Fu (Jimmy Wang Yu)'s father was a kung-fu master who was murdered. Chin Fu shows up at a nightclub to revenge for his father's murder. Chin teams up with a sexy lounge singer Keiko (Maria Yi) and heads out to infiltrate the Japanese mafia. [2] [3] [4]

Cast

Review

Quentin Tarantino wrote "For most of the movie it looks like a Japanese Yakuza film, plays like an Italian gangster film, and has the fight every ten minutes pace of a Hong Kong chop socky pic, until suddenly, without any proper set up, we find ourselves into the beginning of the film’s extended climax." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "A Man Called Tiger Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Gonsalves, John (2015). "A Man Called Tiger". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 27 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "A MAN CALLED TIGER". rottentomatoes.com. 1972. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "A Man Called Tiger". letterboxd.com. 1973. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Tarantino, Quentin (24 December 2019). "A Man Called Tiger". New Beverly Cinema. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020.
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