The Big Boss

Name: The Big Boss
Genre: Action
Released: 1971-10-23
Rating: 7.1

Every limb of his body is a lethal weapon!!!

User Score838 ratings

TMDB 7.116+19711h 39mChinese

Action

Synopsis

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

Director

Lo WeiFrom TMDB credits

Studio

Orange Sky Golden Harvest1 production companies

Release

October 23, 1971Released

Box Office

—Budget $100,000

Top Cast

8 of 24

Bruce Lee

Cheng Chiu On

Maria Yi

Chiao Mei

James Tien Chun

Hsiu Chien

Marilyn Bautista

Miss Wuman

Han Ying-Chieh

Boss Mi

Tony Liu Tian-jue

Boss Mi's son

Li Kun

Ah Kun

Nora Miao

Lemonade girl

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Reviews

From TMDB users

TwiceONCE2016

Aug 1, 2022

Does anyone have great memories of seeing THE BIG BOSS (1971) late night on Channel 4 (UK) in the 90s? It was the first time I saw the uncut version after watching the VHS countlessly in cut form. What a revelation it was - especially seeing it as a child. The film is at times rough (very, very rough) in its quality and execution but there are so many iconic moments peppered throughout that all is immediately forgiven.