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The Lady is the Boss
The Lady is the Boss
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  2. The Lady is the Boss

The Lady is the Boss

Original Title: 掌門人

1983
1h 33m
Action
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1983

Runtime

1h 33m

Where to Watch

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Rent

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Storyline

Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Mar 31, 1983
Languages
Cantonese
English
Director
Lau Kar-Leung
Lau Kar-Leung
Production
Shaw Brothers
Shaw Brothers
Production Countries
Hong Kong

Top Cast

73 Cast Members

Lau Kar-Leung

Lau Kar-Leung

Wang Hsieh Yun

Ku Feng

Ku Feng

Wah Chaing Martial Arts Association Member

Gordon Liu Chia-Hui

Gordon Liu Chia-Hui

Lee Hon Man

Kara Hui Ying-Hung

Kara Hui Ying-Hung

Chan Mei Ling

Cheung Chin-Pang

Cheung Chin-Pang

Ng Ming Fat

Hsiao Ho

Hsiao Ho

Cheuk Jin Shing

Wong Yu

Wong Yu

Ah Yung / Ah Wing

Robert Mak Tak-Law

Robert Mak Tak-Law

Wong Yuen Shuei

Lam Fai-Wong

Lam Fai-Wong

Ah Fai

Sun Chien

Sun Chien

Ah Chang

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

Big Boss

Lung Tien-Hsiang

Lung Tien-Hsiang

Tang Shiang

Chan Hung

Chan Hung

Works in Night Club (uncredited)

Chan Kwok-Keung

Works in Night Club (uncredited)

Chan Leung

Chan Leung

Thug (uncredited)

Chan Ling-Wai

Chan Ling-Wai

Big Boss's Thug (uncredited)

Chang Seng-Kwong

Chang Seng-Kwong

Works in Night Club (uncredited)

Cheung Chok-Chow

Cheung Chok-Chow

Boxing Spectator (uncredited)

Cheung Kwok-Wah

Cheung Kwok-Wah

Works in Night Club (uncredited)

Cheung Lin-Ping

Big Boss's Thug (uncredited)

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