Hong Kong The Big Boss sits in the top 9% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #74 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
唐山大兄
“Every limb of his body is a lethal weapon!!!”
Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #74 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (91st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #36 of 516 (top 7%).
Audience Engagement
669 audience reviews — more than 95% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Big Boss. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
The 1970–1972 Hong Kong Window
Among 24 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, The Big Boss places #4 — near the top of its class.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Big Boss premiered alongside 10 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 10 other Hong Kong films in 1971.
The 22nd Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Big Boss, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- factory worker · 5
- promise · 5
- boss · 2
- management · 1
- drugs · 24
- mother · 14
- east asian lead · 10
- smuggling (contraband) · 7
- factory · 6
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
- family · 74
- prostitute · 39
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | October 3, 1971 |
| IMDb | tt0067824 |