Tiger Killer

Overview

TIGER KILLER (1982) is a straightforward adaptation of one story from the sprawling Chinese literary epic, "The Water Margin." It tells the tale of Wu Song, who slays a man-eating tiger preying on farmers and villagers and becomes the hero of the province, getting appointed as a constable by the local magistrate. He is reunited with his older brother, the short, disfigured Wu the Elder, a peddler of buns, who invites Wu Song to move in with him and his new wife. The wife, Golden Lotus, is an attractive young former maid who had been forced to marry Wu the Elder as punishment for getting caught in bed with her master by the master's wife. She takes a liking to the handsome, strong Wu Song, who rebuffs her attempts to seduce him. When Wu Song is sent on a long journey, the wife begins an affair with a rich local merchant. When Wu Song returns from his mission, he is met with shocking news which sets off a series of violent acts of retribution.

Cast

Ti Lung

Wu Sung

Wang Ping

Pan Jinlian

Ku Feng

Elder Wu Da Long

Tony Liu Tian-jue

Ximen Qing

Wang Lai

Madam Wang

C

Chan Bo-Cheung

Qiao Yunghe

T

Tai Kwan-Tak

Constable Zhou Tian

Chan Shen

Master Zhang

Ching Miao

Xiaofeng's grandfather

Chiang Nan

Coroner He Jiu

L

Liu Lai-Ling

Xiaofeng

Shum Lo

Mr Hu

Yang Chi-Ching

Magistrate

Walter Tso Tat-Wah

Shaolin abbot

Wang Han-Chen

Lion Restaurant's boss

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