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One stolen contract. Two criminal empires. Infinite flying kicks to the face.
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A Tooth for a Tooth (1973)

gritty grindhousefist-slinging chaostriad turf war

Overview

AdventureActionDramaCrime

Kung fu sensation Cheung Lik stars as the rough and ready kung fu kid who is tricked into robbing a triad boss. Amongst the things he steals is a contract for opium distribution between the triad boss and the Japanese Yakuza. Now the stage is set for some hate! The triads and the Japs send out all their top fighters to get the list back off the kid before he goes to the police with it.

Flag of HKHKCantonese
Content warning
martial arts

Standout Aspects

Stunts

Pre-wire era fight choreography where every hit looks genuinely painful.

Production

Grimy 70s Hong Kong locations you can practically smell through the screen.

Best for:Friends: Drunken kung fu night with people who appreciate vintage violence.·Background: Ironically playing while pretending to do actual work.
Heads up:Violence: Relentless martial arts brutality, bone-crunching sound design included.
Joseph Kong Hung

Director

Joseph Kong Hung

ReleasedSep 21, 1973
Runtime1h 34m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelmedium

Top Cast

Queenie Kong Hoh-Yan

Queenie Kong Hoh-Yan

James Nam Seok-Hoon

James Nam Seok-Hoon

Ng Ming-Choi

Ng Ming-Choi

Tong Tin-Hei

Tong Tin-Hei

Someno Yukio

Someno Yukio

Ling Fung

Ling Fung

Lee Chiu

Lee Chiu

Eddy Ko Hung

Eddy Ko Hung

Ho Pak-Kwong

Ho Pak-Kwong

Chiang Lung

Chiang Lung

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Trivia

Cheung Lik was a Shaw Brothers contract player who never quite broke into the top tier, making this one of his rare leading vehicles outside the studio system.

Cultural

The triad-Yakuza opium pipeline depicted here reflected real post-war Hong Kong narcotics routes that persisted until the 1970s anti-corruption campaigns.

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