The Big Boss
The Big Boss Movie Poster
Directed by	Lo Wei(Wei Lo)
Produced by	N/A
Written by	N/A
Starring	Bruce Lee Maria Yi James Tien Yin-Chieh Han Tony Liu
Music by	N/A
Cinematography	N/A
Editing by	N/A
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release date	1971
Running time	N/A
Language	Mandarin
Budget	N/A
IMDb profile

The Big Boss (1971, 唐山大兄, also known as Fists of Fury in the U.S., not to be confused with Fist of Fury) was Bruce Lee's first major film. Initially, the star of the film was intended to be James Tien but Lee's strong performance relegated Tien, then a major star in Hong Kong, to second billing. His success in this film made Bruce Lee a star across Asia. Image File history File links TheBigBossposter. ... Lo Wei (1918-1996) was a famous Hong Kong film director best known for The Big Boss and Fist of Fury- both of which starred Bruce Lee. ... Bruce Lee Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century. ... This article is on all of the Northern Chinese dialects. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Fist of Fury (Simplified Chinese: 精武门; Traditional Chinese: 精武門; Pinyin: JÄ«ng wÇ” mén; known as The Chinese Connection in the U.S., not to be confused with Fists of Fury) was a 1972 film directed by Lo Wei. ... Bruce Lee Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century. ... James Tien The Honourable James Tien Pei Chun GBS JP (田北俊) (born January 8, 1947) is currently the Chairman of the Liberal Party (LP), a pro-business and pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong, and a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). ...

Cast

• Bruce Lee as "Cheng Chao-an" (sometimes Chen)
• Maria Yi as Cousin "Chow Mei"
• James Tien as Cousin "Hsiu Chen"
• Yin-Chieh Han as "Hsiao Mi" ("The Big Boss")
• Tony Liu as "Hsiao Chiun" (Hsiao Mi's son)
• Chao Chen as "Foreman" (of the ice house)
• Chia Ching Tu as "Uncle"
• Nora Miao

• Lam Ching Ying as Actor/Assistant Action Director for the film

Bruce Lee Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century. ... James Tien The Honourable James Tien Pei Chun GBS JP (田北俊) (born January 8, 1947) is currently the Chairman of the Liberal Party (LP), a pro-business and pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong, and a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). ... Nora Miao (Chinese: 苗可秀; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Cantonese: Miu Ho-Sau) is a Hong Kong actress who is famous for appearing in many kung-fu films during the 1970s. ... Lam Ching Ying (林 正英 real name: Lam Gun-Bo)(born: December 27, 1952 in Shanghai; died November 8, 1997 in Hong Kong) was a Chinese actor, action director and director. ...

Plot synopsis

It tells the story of Cheng, a Chinese man from Guangdong who goes to work in an ice house in Thailand, along with his cousins. This operation turns out to be a cover for drug smuggling. Workers who discover the truth are murdered. When his cousins suspect this, they too are secretly killed. Discovering Cheng's fighting skills, the Big Boss of the title attempts to lure him with a promotion and prostitutes, but Cheng is told the truth. A final showdown ensues when Cheng's girlfriend is kidnapped and he must face "The Big Boss". Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; Pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Trivia

• The film was based on the true story of Cheng Chiu-on (鄭潮安) who fought the tyrants in Thailand. Cheng lived at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 20th century. A memorial statue of him was erected in a garden in the Bangkok more than 80 years ago.

• When the film was released in the US many scenes were censored for graphic violence in order to recieve an R-rating.One scene was when Lee takes a saw and splits a thugs head in half with it.

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See also

• Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century. ...

External links

• A gallery of still shots from The Big Boss