--- title: 'The Big Boss (1971)' type: 'film' director: 'Lo Wei' released: '1971-10-23' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Action' countries: - 'British Hong Kong' - 'Thailand' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-boss-1971' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067824/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Big Boss (1971) 1971 · 110 min · Action · British Hong Kong, Thailand Original title: 唐山大兄 ## Synopsis The Big Boss is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and Wu Chia-hsiang. Bruce Lee stars in his first major film in a lead role, and his first Hong Kong film since 1960. The film co-stars Maria Yi, James Tien, Tony Liu, and Nora Miao. Originally written for Tien, the leading role was given to Lee instead when the film's original director, Wu Chia-hsiang, was replaced by Lo Wei. The film was a critical success and excelled at the box office. Lee's strong performance overshadowed Tien, already a star in Hong Kong, and made Bruce Lee famous in Southeast Asia and eventually the world. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Bruce Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-lee), [Lo Wei](https://cinepixo.com/people/lo-wei) - **Director:** [Lo Wei](https://cinepixo.com/people/lo-wei) - **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-thomas) - **Director of Photography:** [Ching-Chu Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ching-chu-chen) ## Cast - [Nora Miao](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-miao) - [James Tien](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-tien) as Hsu Chien - [Marilyn Bautista](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-bautista) - [Tony Liu](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-liu) - [Bruce Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-lee) as Cheng Chao-an - [Maria Yi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-yi) as Chow Mei - [Han Ying-chieh](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-ying-chieh) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.miramax.com/movie/the-big-boss/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-boss-1971 Film facts: Wikidata (Q470374); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.