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The Lady Is the Boss (1983)

Genre : Action, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 33M

Director : Lau Kar-leung

Synopsis

Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.

Actors

Lau Kar-leung
Lau Kar-leung
Wang Hsieh Yun
Kara Hui
Kara Hui
Chan Mei Ling
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Lee Hon Man
Wong Yu
Wong Yu
Ah Yung/Ah Wing
Robert Mak
Robert Mak
Wong Yuen Shuei
Cheung Chin-Pang
Cheung Chin-Pang
Ng Ming Fat
Hsiao Ho
Hsiao Ho
Cheuk Jin Shing
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Big Boss
Lam Fai-Wong
Lam Fai-Wong
Ah Fai
Sun Chien
Sun Chien
Ah Chang
Ku Feng
Ku Feng
Wah Chaing Martial Arts Ass. member
Ho Wai-Han
Ho Wai-Han
Club Girl
Lung Tien-Hsiang
Lung Tien-Hsiang
Tang Shiang
Wong Ching-Ho
Wong Ching-Ho
Wah Chaing Martial Arts Ass. member
Shum Lo
Shum Lo
Wah Chaing Martial Arts Ass. member
King Lee King-Chu
King Lee King-Chu
Big Boss's thug
Ting Tung
Ting Tung
Night club's patron
Ailen Sit Chun-Wai
Ailen Sit Chun-Wai
Big Boss's thug
Ngai Tim-Choi
Ngai Tim-Choi
New student

Crews

Lau Kar-leung
Lau Kar-leung
Director
Lee Tai-Hang
Lee Tai-Hang
Writer
Mona Fong
Mona Fong
Producer
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Editor

Trailers and other movies

The Lady is the boss (1983) Shaw Brothers **Official Trailer** 掌門人

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