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

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)

Trailer

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