Vengeance (1970)
- Original title
- 報仇
- Directed by
- Chang Cheh
- Genre
- drama film, action film, martial arts film, romance film, thriller film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man seeks revenge in 1920s Peking for the murder of his family. The film focuses on knife fights and judo rather than traditional kung fu.
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What happens
Vengeance (報仇; original Hong Kong title, Bao chou) is a 1970 kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, and starring David Chiang, Wang Ping and Ti Lung. The film is set in Peking in 1925, and centers on a revenge plight of Chiang. The movie has little actual kung fu and instead is heavily laden with knife fighting and judo. At the 16th Asian Film Festival, Director Chang Cheh won the Best Director Award, David Chiang won the Best Actor Award and received Asia's first Movie King Award, and Vengeance went on to win the Best Movie Award and the Iron Triangle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Iron Buddha (1970)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.