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Tiger Boy

1966 · 96 min

A classic martial arts revenge tale with earnest romance and brisk action, offering straightforward, easy-to-follow entertainment.

Directed by: Chang Cheh
Genres: Action
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Margaret Tu Chuan, Chin Ping

Overview: Tiger Boy, an itinerant young knight-errant bent on revenge for his father's death 15 years earlier rescues a young maiden after her brother is killed protecting her from the advances of a band of bandits. While the heroes escape the band's clutches and seek refuge in the forest, Tiger Boy discovers that her perpetrators are led by the son of his father's killer who also has a yen for the maiden. As fate would have it, she instead falls in love with our hero who pledges to return to her after vanquishing all his enemies. To accomplish this, he sets out to singlehandedly crash a large birthday party held in his father's killer's honor. Meanwhile, Tiger Boy's chivalric quest is complicated when the maiden also sets out after him straight into peril in the enemy's own stronghold.

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Directed by: Chang Cheh
Genres: Action
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Margaret Tu Chuan, Chin Ping

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: revenge
love
betrayal
justice
fate
Places: countryside
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	7
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: action
Directed by: Chang Cheh
Written by: Chang Cheh
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Margaret Tu Chuan, Chin Ping, Lo Lieh, Cheng Lui, Tang Ti, Fung Ngai, Wu Ma
Cinematography: Hsu Tseng-Hung
Runtime: 96 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Mandarin

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