CHINA · 1983
The Lady is the Boss
Kar-leung Lau
Chinese Fifth Generation
martial arts
generational conflict
tradition vs modernization
school competition
female empowerment
Synopsis
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 so
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