About this release
A culture-clash comedy – with kung fu! A thoroughly Americanised young woman (Kara Hui, The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter) returns to Hong Kong to visit the martial arts school founded by her father and shakes it up with some trendy new ideas. But not everyone is keen on her innovations, a lesson she'll have to learn the hard way. Directed by and starring the great Lau Kar-leung (The Shadow Boxing), The Lady is the Boss blends fun and fighting as only he could – and those fights are some of the very best of his illustrious career. 88 Films are delighted to present the UK Blu-ray premier of an action classic. SPECIAL FEATURES: Standard Definition DVD Presentation 2.0 Cantonese with English Subtitles Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng Sam Ho on Lau Kar-leung by Fred Ambroisine Trailer Stills Gallery TECHNICAL SPECS: Region Code: 1/2 Audio: LPCM Mono Picture: SD 2.35:1 Runtime: 97 mins approx Language: Cantonese Subtitles: English
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Disc 1
DVD
The Lady is the Boss (1983)
93 min
ActionComedy
Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.
Credits
Director
Lau Kar-leung
Writer
Huang Pa-Ching
Lee Tai-Hang
Lau Kar-leung
Cast
Lau Kar-leungas Wang Hsieh Yun
Ku Fengas Wah Chaing Martial Arts Association Member
Gordon Liu Chia-Huias Lee Hon Man
Kara Hui Ying-Hungas Chan Mei Ling
Cheung Chin-Pangas Ng Ming Fat
Hsiao Hoas Cheuk Jin Shing
Wong Yuas Ah Yung / Ah Wing
Robert Mak Tak-Lawas Wong Yuen Shuei
Lam Fai-Wongas Ah Fai
Sun Chienas Ah Chang
Cinematographer
Cho On-Sun
Composer
Stephen Shing Gam-Wing
So Jan-Hau
Editor
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Lee Yim-Hoi
Producer
Mona Fong Yat-Wah
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 22, 2026