Big and Little Wong Tin Bar
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar | |
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Jackie Chan's and Sammo Hung's first acting roles were in Big and Little Wong Tin Bar, until 2016 thought to be a lost film, showing the opening scene, of the 1962 martial arts movie | |
Traditional | 大小黄天霸 |
Simplified | 大小黄天霸 |
Cantonese | daai6 siu2 wong4 tin1 baa3 |
Directed by | Lung To |
Produced by | Leung King-hin |
Written by | Lee Yuen-man |
Starring |
Jackie Chan Sammo Hung Li Li-Hua |
Edited by | Fan Ka-ken |
Production company |
Great Win Film Co[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes[2] |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (Chinese: 大小黄天霸) also known as Seven Little Valiant Fighters (Chinese: 橫掃江南七霸天)/Two of a Kind is a 1962 Hong Kong film. The film is notable, for being Jackie Chan's and Sammo Hung's film debut. Until 2016, the film was considered lost. The only footage that survived before that period were a 9-minute opening clip [3] and a short 5 minute clip of dialogue.[4] The film was rediscovered when a complete copy was released onto YouTube on February 3, 2016.[5][6]
Plot
A child learns martial arts in order to become a Kung Fu warrior.
Cast
NOTE: Many actors who were featured in this film do not have the same names as they do today, this was due to them taking their master's name which is part of Chinese tradition while studying martial arts.
- Yuen Lau (a.k.a. Jackie Chan) - Played a singing kid and fights a man.
- Yuen Lung (a.k.a. Sammo Hung) - Played an unknown kid.
- Yuen Wah
- Ho Siu-hung - as Master Wong Sam-tai
- Li Li-Hua
- Cheng Bik-ying - as Cheung Kwai-lan
- Yam Yin - as Lotus
- Lau Hark-suen - as Black Wind Fortress Kam Ching
Additional cast
- Yuen Fu (a.k.a. Lee Kuk-wah)
- Yuen Ting (a.k.a. Ng Ming-choi)
- Yuen Man (a.k.a. Mang Yuen-man)
- Yuen Tai
- Lam Yim
- Mui Yan
- Yam Tai-koon
- Wah Wan-fung
Footage
There were 3 known scenes involving Jackie Chan and some kids. He fights someone older and then sings. Some footage of this film is shown in Jackie Chan: My Story.
Filming Information
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar was filmed Hong Kong in the Cantonese language using Black-and-white 35 mm film with the Mono audio track.
See also
References
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value (help). Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2013. - ↑ "Seven Little Valiant Fighters (aka Two of a Kind)". Hong Kong Film Archive. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
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