The Teahouse (1974)
成記茶樓
Chen Kuan-Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respected by his peers, Big Brother Cheng runs the teahouse - and unofficially the neighborhood - with a firm righteous hand. However, when the triads come calling, Big Brother Cheng finds out respect and common decency may not be enough. The triads use underage kids to terrorize the teahouse, and since the law won't do anything, Big Brother Cheng may have to step in and take care of it himself!
- Date of release
- 1974-10-19
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Crime
- Director
- Kuei Chih-hung
Casting
- Chen Kuan-tai — Boss Wang Cheng
- Wong Yu — Darkie Wen / Blackie
- Lam Wai-Tiu — Little Ma Chiu
- Cheng Kang — Judge
- Chung Chan-Chi — Prince Chi
- Karen Yip Leng-Chi — Md Wu, Cheng's wife
- Lee Pang-Fei — Hsu Ta-Fu
- Yang Chi-Ching — Fa Ta-Chu
- Lam Siu — Feng Ren Jing / Uncle Ching
- Lee Sau-kei — Uncle Han
- Cheung Chok-Chow — Uncle Jing
- Liu Wu-Chi — Xian Chi Zhu / Hsien Chi Chu
Interesting facts
The Teahouse is a 1974 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung. Written by On Szeto, the film is about an immigrant restaurant owner trying to protect his family from juvenile gangs. It was such a hit that the film was followed by a 1975 sequel, Big Brother Cheng, with kung fu star Chen Kuan Tai reprising the eponymous role.
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