A Man Called Tiger

A Man Called Tiger
Theatrical poster
Directed byLo Wei
Written byLo Wei
Produced byLeonard Ho
StarringJimmy Wang, Maria Yi
Music byJoseph Koo[1]
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

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.

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

  • Jimmy Wang Yu - Chin Fu
  • Kawai Okada - Yoshida Ayako
  • Kuro Mitsuo - Boss Shimizu Shobon
  • Tien Feng - Boss Yamamoto
  • James Tin Chuen - Liu Han-Ming
  • Nakako Daisuke - Killer Yoshida Ryohei
  • Kasahara Reiko - Shimizu' s secretary
  • Han Ying-Chieh - Lin Mu-Lang
  • Minakaze Yuko - Chang Li-Hua
  • Maria Yi - Keiko, a lounge singer
  • Lee Kwan - Siu Lee
  • Lo Wei - Miyamoto
  • Hsiao Yin-Fang - Kushi Ichiro / Nagatani Shoki
  • Kam Shan - Yamamoto's thug Sonataro
  • Chin Yuet-Sang - Shimizu's thug
  • Lam Ching-Ying - Shimizu's thug
  • Lee Tin-Ying - Shimizu's thug

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]

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.