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The Teahouse (film)
The Teahouse is a 1974 Hong Kong crime drama directed by Kuei Chih-Hung. Written by On Szeto, the film is about an immigrant restaurant owner trying to protect his family from juvenile gangs. It was such a hit that the film was followed by a 1975 sequel, ''Big Brother Cheng (film), Big Brother Cheng'', with kung fu (term), kung fu star Chen Kuan Tai reprising the eponymous role. Cast *Chen Kuan Tai as Wang 'Big Brother' Cheng *Karen Yeh as Mrs. Wang *Wu Chi Liu as Hsien Chu *Lin Tung as Police Officer *Huang Chien-Lung as Hsi Tieng *Feng Lin as Tan Yen-yung *Yang Chih Ching as Fa-Dat Tso *Shen Chan as Sheng Fan-ming *Yang Chiang as Shui Niu-chia *Peng Fei-Li as Chui Dai-fu *Ping Ha as Auntie Tan *Keng Chang as Prosecuting Judge External links * 1974 films Hong Kong crime drama films 1974 crime drama films Shaw Brothers Studio films 1970s Hong Kong films 1970s Cantonese-language films {{1970s-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei Chih-Hung
Kuei Chih-Hung (桂治洪, aka Kwei Chi Hung, Gui Zhi-Hong, Gwai Chi-hung) (20 December 1937 – 1 October 1999) was a filmmaker who worked for the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studios, directing more than 40 films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. Kuei found critical and commercial success working in a variety of genres, including the hard-boiled crime drama of '' The Teahouse'' (1974) and its sequel, ''Big Brother Cheng'' (1975), wuxia film ''Killer Constable'' (1981), '' The Killer Snakes'' (1975) and ''Hex'' (1980). Kuei often depicted the poverty of the public housing system, police corruption and colonial government rule. Early life Kuei was born in Guangzhou (in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong) on 20 December 1937. Kuei's passion for cinema began as a high school student in Hong Kong, where he would cobble together makeshift shorts from a shoebox projector and discarded film stock. After graduating from high school, he studied stage productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |