Tang shan da xiong (1971)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Wei Lo

Guionista:

Wei Lo (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 octubre 1971 (Hong Kong)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

KARATE KUNG-FU! The new screen excitement that gives you the biggest kick of your life!

Plot:

A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.

Plot Keywords:

Ice Factory | Drugs | B Movie | Kung Fu Master | Circular Saw

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Crude and uneven, but the first Lee-starring film still has a certain power

Reparto

Bruce Lee	...	Cheng Chao-an
Maria Yi	...	Chow Mei
James Tien	...	Hsiu Chien
Ying-Chieh Han	...	Hsiao Mi (The Boss)
Malalene	...	Miss Wuman
Tony Liu	...	Hsiao Chiun (Mi's son)
Kun Li	...	Ah Kun (as Quin Lee)
Nora Miao	...	Drinkstand owner (as Mao Ke-hsiu)
San Chin	...	Hua Sze
Chih Chen	...	Foreman (as Chen Chao)
Chia-Cheng Tu	...	Uncle
Tso Chen
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Billy Chan		(as Hui-yi Chen)
Lung Chan	...	Gatekeeper / Blue Shirt Henchman
Ching-Ying Lam	...	Ah Yen (Cheng's cousin)
Cheng Ying Tu

También conocida como:

Big Brother of Tongshan (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Fists of Fury (USA)
Fists of Glory (Europe: English title)
The Big Boss (Hong Kong: English title)
Tong san dai hing (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
El gran jefe (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Karate a muerte en Bangkok (Spain) [es]
Karate a muerte en Bangkok: 25th anniversario (Spain) (director's cut) [es]

Duración:

100 min | UK:101 min | USA:99 min | Argentina:102 min | 115 min (uncut version)

País:

Hong Kong

Idioma:

Mandarin | Cantonés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-16 (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) (2004) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | USA:X (uncut Hong Kong version) | West Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | Germany:Película restringida en Alemania

Locaciones de Filmación:

Pak Chong, Thailand

Compañía:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivialidades:

Not once in the film does Hsiao Mi (The "Big Boss") actually leave the area of his mansion.

Errores:

Continuidad: In the last fight, the dead henchman in red turns his head from one side to the other from shot to shot. This is most prominent when "The Boss" throws his knife in the end (and the subsequent "kickback").

Citas:

Hsiu Chen: Why Cheng, you're a pretty good fighter.
Cheng Chao-an: A few tricks from back home. You know I broke a promise. Never to fight again.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Men Without Jobs (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Communication in Hyperspace

Crude and uneven, but the first Lee-starring film still has a certain power

The first of the four Bruce Lee starring movies[ well, five, if you count Game Of Death]is technically the weakest. However, it's easy to see how it caused such a stir. Unlike most martial arts movies of the time, the film was set in the present day and attempted things like characterisation and even realism. These touches sometimes seem crude and even laughable now [for instance, check out the scene when the other workers of the factory are waiting for Lee to return, with it's exaggurated 'passing the time' actions]but when the film came out, it was a major step forward.

Even more daringly, the film has less fighting, with the fights being structured around the plot rather than the other way round, and bravest of all, the star of the film does not go into action into half way through. Instead, it cleverly builds suspense by having Lee as a guy who has sworn not to fight, and when he eventually cuts loose the result is exhilarating. However, it's obvious that none of Lee's opponents are a match for him and only the sequence when he battles a group of heavies in and around an ice factory really stands out. The clumsiness of much of the action [Lee was only allowed to choreograph the ice factory scene]is almost redeemed by the huge amount of gore and brutality.

Despite it's shoddy aspects, the film does have an odd power,especially towards the end. Lee's character is a very flawed hero who for a while badly strays from goodness and there is a sense that killing all the bad guys will not bring him redemption. In all three of Lee's Hong Kong films, violence never really solves things, it just makes things worse. Maybe that is why Lee's dated, sometimes awkward films are still watched again and again while many other films of the same time and genre have faded into obscurity. Well, that and Lee.