Ten Tigers from Kwangtung

Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
	Film poster
Directed by	Chang Cheh
Written by	Chang Cheh; Ni Kuang;
Produced by	Mona Fong
Starring	Ti Lung; Fu Sheng; Philip Kwok;
Cinematography	Cho Wai Kei
Edited by	Chiang Hsing Lung; Lee Yim Hoi;
Music by	Eddie H. Wang
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date	December 1980;
Running time	91 min
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (Chinese: 廣東十虎與後五虎; pinyin: Guǎngdōng Shí Hǔ yǔ hòu Wǔ Hǔ) is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by Mona Fong. It is one of Chang Cheh's tales of Shaolin's historic rivalries with the Qing dynasty and the Canton Tigers. Along with the Brave Archer series, Ten Tigers had an all-star cast of Shaw martial artists.

Plot

The movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers and their future disciples. The film opens with Tung Chi (Wang Li) and his nephew, Liang Seo Hu, pursuing the disciples to take revenge for General Liang, who was the father of Liang Seo Hu, and who was also Tung Chi's martial arts brother. After killing one of the disciples, Wang Chow Ming (Lung Tung Sheng) and Lin Fu Sheng (Chin Siu-Ho) tells the story of the original Ten Tigers.

Anti-Ch'ing revolutionary leader Chai Min Yu (Ku Feng) is being hunted down by Manchu General Liang (Wang Lung Wei). He is almost caught when a masked man rescues him from death and escapes with him. The masked man is Li Jen Chiao (Ti Lung) a loyal ex-Shaolin man and the owner of a pawn shop in town. Li Jen Chiao hides Chai Min Yu in the back of his pawn shop, and sends his younger brother Tan Ming (Fu Sheng) to seek the help of two other ex-Shaolin men who reside in the town, Wan Yi Ling (Sun Chien) and Su He Hu (Lu Feng). Tan Ming is temperamental and is always getting into fights, and he starts fighting with Wan Yi Ling and Su He Hu before he explains the reason for his visit. Luckily, Li Jen Chiao is able to explain the situation in time, and the two man gladly swear their allegiance. They are also joined by loyal Shaolin brothers Wong Yin Lin (Wei Pai) and Wong Kei Ying. Beggar Su Chan (Kuo Chui), Iron-finger Chung (Lo Mang), Chu Yu Sheng (Chiang Sheng), Tieh Chow Tsan also join in the fray to assist the revolutionary in escaping and killing General Liang

In the present, an older Su Chan and Su He Hu plan a counterattack to kill Tung Chi, his brother Tung Pa, and their nephew before they can kill the remaining Ten Tigers.

Cast

Ti Lung – Li Jen Chiao
Fu Sheng – Tang Ming
Wei Pai - Wang Chi Ying
Dick Wei - Wang Cheng Ke
Sun Chien - Wan Yi Ling
Lu Feng – Su He Hu
Philip Kwok – Beggar Su
Yeung Hung - Tieh Chow San
Chiang Sheng - Tzou Yu Sheng
Lo Mang – Iron finger Chung
Ku Feng – Chai Min Yu
Chin Siu-ho - Lin Fu Sheng
Lung Tung Sheng – Wang Chow Ming
Wang Lung-wei – General Liang
Wang Li – Tung Chi

External links

Ten Tigers from Kwangtung at IMDb
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung at AllMovie
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung at LoveHKfilm.com
HK cinemagic entry