A Taste of Cold Steel (1970)
It's a no-holds-barred battle to the death for possession of the invaluable Purple Sword. Assistant director Wang Po-yi also wrote this entertaining and exciting adventure which could have also been called "The Five Tigers" since there's no doubt that this quintet is the highlight of the action. Huang Tsung-shun is "Fierce Tiger," Hung Liu is "Drunk Tiger," Hsu Erh-niu is "Lame Tiger," award-winning actor Ku Feng is "One-eyed Tiger" and respected director/actor Wu Ma is "Sick Tiger" in a tangle of tussles and thrills
Director:
Griffin Yueh Feng
Writer:
Wang Po Yi
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Chang Yi as Hero Hsu Chiu |
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Yau Ching as First (eldest) sister Gan |
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Essie Lin Chia as Gan Ya Nan (2nd sister) |
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Shu Pei-Pei as Third Sister Gan |
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Chen Hung-Lieh as Prince Lu Tianxia |
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Huang Tsung-Hsun as Fierce Tiger (Tiger Boss) |
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Ku Feng as One-Eyed-Tiger |
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Wu Ma as Sick Tiger |
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Hong Liu as Drunken Tiger |
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Simon Chui Yee-Ngau as Crippled Tiger |
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Fang Mian as Doctor Guo |
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Li Kun as Ah Niu |
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Wang Hsieh as Uncle Hsu |
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Lee Wan-Chung as Lord Wuyi |
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James Tien Chun as Taoist Sikong |
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Sammo Hung Kam-Bo as Guard/Tiger's gang member [extra] |
| Directing | Griffin Yueh Feng | Director |
| Production | Run Run Shaw | Producer |
| Camera | Pao Hsueh-Li | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Chiang Hsing-Lung | Editor |
| Writing | Wang Po Yi | Screenplay |