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An Americanised young woman returns to Hong Kong to visit the martial arts school founded by her father and very soon shakes it up with her new ideas. 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. Bonus Materials Stills Gallery Limited Edition O-ring Trailer 2.0 DTS-HD MA Cantonese Soundtrack with newly translated English Subtitles High Definition (1080p) Presentation in 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio Limited Edition Set of 4 collectors art cards Cast & Crew Actors: Chia-Liang Liu Kara Wai Hou Hsiao Chia-Hui Liu Yue Wong Chan-Peng Chang Te-Lo Mai Lung-Wei Wang Feng Ku Tien-Hsiang Lung Chien Sun Hui-Huang Lin Kwok-Keung Chan Leung Chan Kuo Hua Chang Hung Chen Ling Wei Chen Bing-Chuen Cheung Director: Chia-Liang Liu Producer: Mona Fong Additional Details Label: 88 FILMS Genre: Martial Arts Language: Cantonese Run Time: 97 mins Region: 0 Release Date: 03/25/25 UPC: 760137167679
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The Lady Is the Boss (1983)
93 min
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.