The Big Boss
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The Big Boss is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film that launched Bruce Lee to international stardom as an action cinema icon.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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film ⓘ martial arts film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fists of Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeSuccess | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Chen Ching-chu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Lo Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disambiguationNote | not to be confused with the video game character Big Boss from Metal Gear series ⓘ |
| distributor | Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Cheung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s Hong Kong cinema ⓘ |
| features |
Bruce Lee fight choreography
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hand-to-hand combat ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
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Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | Category III (some later Hong Kong releases) ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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martial arts film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Fist of Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Cantonese
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Mandarin ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter | Bruce Lee as Cheng Chao-an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Cheng Chao-an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corruption
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family loyalty ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| musicBy | Wang Fu-ling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing Bruce Lee as an action cinema icon
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launching Bruce Lee to international stardom ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Tang shan da xiong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | contemporary to early 1970s ⓘ |
| producer | Raymond Chow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Concord Production Inc.
NERFINISHED
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Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1971-10-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Chow Kam-wing
NERFINISHED
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Lo Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Lee
NERFINISHED
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Han Ying-chieh NERFINISHED ⓘ James Tien NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Big Boss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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