
Tiger Boy
Seen it?1966 | 96 min | Action
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at martial arts fans and action fans. The fight choreography is a big part of the appeal. Shelve it next to John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum or Big Trouble in Little China.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1966: an older pace and style.
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
Tiger Boy, an itinerant young knight-errant bent on revenge for his father's death 15 years earlier rescues a young maiden after her brother is killed protecting her from the advances of a band of bandits. While the heroes escape the band's clutches and seek refuge in the forest, Tiger Boy discovers that her perpetrators are led by the son of his father's killer who also has a yen for the maiden. As fate would have it, she instead falls in love with our hero who pledges to return to her after vanquishing all his enemies. To accomplish this, he sets out to singlehandedly crash a large birthday party held in his father's killer's honor. Meanwhile, Tiger Boy's chivalric quest is complicated when the maiden also sets out after him straight into peril in the enemy's own stronghold.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chang Cheh
- Jimmy Wang YuLei Hu (Tiger Boy)
- Margaret Tu ChuanJiang Xiao Qing
- Chin Ping
- Lo LiehJin Peng
- Cheng LuiJiang Xiao-San
- Tang TiJin Ba-Wang
- Fung Ngai
- Wu Ma
- Tien ShunMagic Bullet Lu Wu
- Chao MingLei Tian-Bao