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The Lady Is the Boss

1983 · 93 min

A breezy, good-natured clash of old and new with slapstick fights and a lively, dated charm.

Directed by: Lau Kar-leung
Genres: Action, Comedy
Starring: Lau Kar-leung, Ku Feng, Gordon Liu Chia-hui

Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Lau Kar-leung
Genres: Action, Comedy
Starring: Lau Kar-leung, Ku Feng, Gordon Liu Chia-hui

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
family
identity
rebellion
friendship
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Realism	5
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Tension	4
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Complexity	3
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Genres: action, comedy
Directed by: Lau Kar-leung
Written by: Huang Pa-Ching, Lau Kar-leung, Lee Tai-Hang
Starring: Lau Kar-leung, Ku Feng, Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Kara Wai Ying-hung, Cheung Chin-Pang, Hsiao Ho, Wong Yu, Robert Mak Tak-Law
Music: So Jan-Hau, Stephen Shing Gam-Wing
Cinematography: Cho On-Sun
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese, English

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