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Tian cai gong fu

  • 19791979
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
92
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POPULARITY
163,861
433,621
Tian cai gong fu (1979)
ActionComedy
An expert in a variety of fighting styles, he opens a school. He soon makes an adversary of a gym that is in the same town. He also makes an enemy of a brothel owner, who brings in a lethal ... Read allAn expert in a variety of fighting styles, he opens a school. He soon makes an adversary of a gym that is in the same town. He also makes an enemy of a brothel owner, who brings in a lethal fighter to take him out.An expert in a variety of fighting styles, he opens a school. He soon makes an adversary of a gym that is in the same town. He also makes an enemy of a brothel owner, who brings in a lethal fighter to take him out.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
92
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
163,861
433,621
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    • Director
      • Wilson Tong
    • Writer
      • Sum Cheung
    • Stars
      • Cliff Lok
      • Hou Hsiao
      • Wilson Tong
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    • Director
      • Wilson Tong
    • Writer
      • Sum Cheung
    • Stars
      • Cliff Lok
      • Hou Hsiao
      • Wilson Tong
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    • 6User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Cliff Lok in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Cliff Lok in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Cliff Lok in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Cliff Lok in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Hoi-Sang Lee, Cliff Lok, and Wilson Tong in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Hoi-Sang Lee in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Hoi-Sang Lee and Cliff Lok in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Hoi-Sang Lee and Cliff Lok in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Cliff Lok in Tian cai gong fu (1979)
    Wilson Tong in Tian cai gong fu (1979)

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    Cliff Lok
    Cliff Lok
    Hou Hsiao
    Wilson Tong
    Wilson Tong
    Hoi-Sang Lee
    Hoi-Sang Lee
      Kang-Yeh Cheng
      Kang-Yeh Cheng
        Allan Eu
        Lung Chan
        Lung Chan
        Hua Yang
          Hsin Shen
            Ying-Ying Hui
            Ying-Ying Hui
              Chor-Lam Tsang
                Ho-Chiu Kei
                King-Chu Lee
                King-Chu Lee
                On-Lai Liu
                On-Lai Liu
                Yat-Fei Wong
                Yat-Fei Wong
                Hsi-Chun Yang
                • Director
                  • Wilson Tong
                • Writer
                  • Sum Cheung
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                9/10
                Genius is the right word
                The movie starts with Cliff Lok showing off for his student Cheng Kang-Yeh. But when no one can beat you and you can master every style is it showing off? It is too soon to be serious so the movie has a lot of fun first. Many are offended by the new guy in town who dares to open up a new kung fu school and many challengers come. Cliff defeats them all.

                Real kung fu has animal styles then these movies came along and added many more. I tried to make a list once but lost track. Let's just say that these movies came up with a kung fu style for pretty much every living thing. Plus a hierarchy was invented: monkey beats snake and drunken beats monkey and so on. Styles were invented just for comedic effect. In this movie we have reached peak style and it is time to get back to the spirit of martial arts.

                If you get this movie (and most people do not) you will feel the spirit of Bruce Lee in the final fight. Cliff Lok and Wilson Tong achieved in this movie what Bruce Lee intended to do with The Game of Death plus they made a comedy out of it. A true kung fu genius, like Bruce Lee, is like water – adapts and overcomes. This movie is non-stop fights. It is all about the martial arts, there is no other plot. It has comedy. Back to the non-stop fights – every fight is unique, nothing is repeated. I consider it one of the best ever and rate it nine out of ten.
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                • Release date
                  • 1979 (Hong Kong)
                • Country of origin
                  • Hong Kong
                • Languages
                  • Cantonese
                  • Mandarin
                • Also known as
                  • Kung Fu Genius
                • Production company
                  • Goldig Film Company
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                • Runtime
                  1 hour 31 minutes
                • Color
                  • Color
                • Sound mix
                  • Mono
                • Aspect ratio
                  • 2.35 : 1

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