“Dreadnought” ( Chinese 勇者 無 懼 - “Fearless”) is a Hong Kong comedy film with martial arts directed by Yuan Heping with Yuan Biao in the title role. In this film, Kuan Takhin played the role of Huang Feihong (Won Feihong) (Chinese folk hero) for the last time [3] .
| Dreadnought | |
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| whale. trad. 勇者 無 懼 , yale : Yung 5 Je 2 Mou 4 Geui 6 , Eng. Dreadnaught | |
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| Genre | action movie comedy |
| Producer | Yuan Heping |
| Producer | Raymond Chow |
| Author script | Hepin's group |
| In the main cast | Yuan Biao Lyon Kayan Kuan Takhin Yun Syonyi |
| Operator | Ma Kunwa |
| Composer | |
| Film company | Golden harvest Peace Film Production (HK) Co. |
| Duration | 97 min [1] |
| Fees | 5 618 598 HK $ [2] |
| A country |  Hong Kong |
| Tongue | Cantonese |
| Year | 1981 |
| IMDb | ID 0083352 |
Story
A criminal called the White Tiger, hiding from the police, joins the troupe of the Beijing Opera under the leadership of teacher Tham.
Little Mouse is a guy working in his family's laundry room. Troubles begin when he tries to get money for the services provided from a guy from the troupe. Lyon Fun, a student of Won Feihong , helps the Little Mouse beat a bully. During a brawl, after killing a bully, the White Tiger is thrown out of the troupe. Later, Marshal Pau appears in search of a runaway prisoner.
Tham School is jealous of Feihong School because it is she who is always asked to perform the lion dance for the residents of the city. As teacher Vaughn’s birthday is approaching, Tham decides to kill him during the holiday and sends the Demon Tailor to fulfill his plan, but in the end he does not cope with the task - he is no match for Feihun.
Returning to the laundry room, Mouse's sister teaches him family kung fu using laundry. Meanwhile, Fun gets into trouble and exposes the Mouse for Feihong. At the same time, Vaughn’s student secretly controls the movements of the Mouse in a fight. As a result, it turns out that Marshal Pau and his people are beaten. Fun leads a friend to his teacher, where the Mouse succeeds in getting him accepted as a student. Soon Pau with his assistants came to Feihong with the intention of arresting Feihong, after which the truth about the fault of the two students was revealed. Teacher Won settles the question without arrest, but kicks the Mouse out after he sees how he shows his kung fu, which the teacher takes for the “style of the eagle” (in fact, his sister taught this).
After the murder of two police officers by the White Tiger, Tham directs him to deal with Feihun and destroy his school. Fun is looking for a criminal in the troupe, but finds a dead actor. There the Tiger attacks him and, with the support of Tham, kills Funya. The mouse goes to revenge, but is captured along with the marshal. At the very last moment, teacher Won appears and kills Tham, but the Tiger injures him. The little mouse rescues the situation by killing the Tiger with the help of his family kung fu.
Cast
- Yuan Biao - Mouse (Mou Kyung)
- Lyon Kayan - Lyon Fun
- Kuan Takhin - Won Feihong
- - teacher Tham
- Yun Syonyi -White tiger
- - Mouse sister
- Tang Jing - Mouse Girlfriend
- Fan Meisheng - Marshal Pau
- Yuan Zhenyang - Marshal's Assistant
- - Marshal's assistant
- Fun Hakon - Tailor Demon
- Danny Chow - Chiu Boss
- Chiu Chunhin - Chi
- San Quai - Iron Swallow
The director of the film, Yuan Heping, also appeared in the film [4] .
Hong Kong Cash
During the cinema rental period from March 3 to 20, 1981, the total amount of fees amounted to a little more than 5.5 million Hong Kong dollars , which allowed the film to take fifth place in the list of highest-grossing films in Hong Kong for 1981 [2] .
Perception
The response to the film from film critics was both supportive [5] [6] [7] [8] and cool [9] [10] .
Notes
- ↑ Movie page (Chinese) on the Chinese Movie Database .
- ↑ 1 2 Hong Kong Box Office Gathering 1981 (China) at BoxOfficeCn .
- ↑ Richard Meyers. Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book . - Eirini Press, 2011 .-- P. 156. - ISBN 978-097-999-894-2 .
- ↑ Movie page on the Hong Kong Movie DataBase .
- ↑ Khokhlov, Boris Dreadnought . HKcinema.ru (August 1, 2001).
- ↑ Friel, Eoin Dreadnaught (1981) Review . The Action Elite (April 17, 2013).
- ↑ Johnson, Ben Dreadnaught (1981) . Kung Fu Movie Guide (January 26, 2014).
- ↑ Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer, Ric Meyers. The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. - Scarecrow Press, 1995. - P. 91. - ISBN 978-146-167-275-3 .
- ↑ Dreadnaught (1981) Review . cityonfire.com.
- ↑ Dreadnaught . The Spinning Image.
Links
- YouTube official trailer
- The Dreadnought on the Internet Movie Database (Retrieved July 27, 2017)
- Dreadnought (Chinese) at the Hong Kong Film Archive