Name: Zhu Jiang da feng bao
Genre: Action
Released: 1974-06-20
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Tao-Liang Tan, Chin Hu, Liu-Mei Wen

Introducing Dorian Tan as the kicking tornado

I first watched this movie back in 2015 but did not post a review. I didn't finish watching it because it just did not hold my attention. Today I tried again. My copy is a digital file that plays as a 4:3 sized video similar to the old VHS format. It is English dubbed. It is the "A team" of voice over actors but the dialog is progressively out of synchronization toward the end.

Be careful of what movie you are watching as there is a similar title South Korean movie from 12/1/1973 "Tornado of Kuang Chou" or also known as "The Devil's Assignment" or "The Blood Wind". I also reviewed that movie. The movie opens with the helpful narrator explaining the foreigners are taking over China. On the shipping dock the Chinese coolies work for foreigners who smuggle guns and opium. The first fight is a brief brawl. The second fight is also a gang fight. Dorian shows his high kicking spinning style with a few moves at the dinner table. (Spinning like a tornado, see title.) This somehow results in a bedroom scene with the lovely Woo Gam (Hu Chin).

Woo Gam has always been my favorite non-martial arts actress of this time period. I found scant biographical details about her. Her mother was an opera performer. Typical of the times it was her looks that got her off to a start in movies and she most often played the sex kitten role. In my opinion she also had talent for comedy roles.

This is Dorian Tan's first movie. He was a martial artist first and gained movie popularity because of his flashy kicks. His movie career ended about the same time the golden age of martial arts movies ended in the early 1980s. Currently he teaches Korean martial arts in Los Angeles.

The movie needs to be reviewed as Dorian's introduction. I rate it just a bit above average for the year and genre and recommend it to hard core fans of martial arts movies of the golden age from 1967 to 1984.

Mandarin-language cinema across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Singapore explores historical reflection, cultural identity, and personal sacrifice, often expressed through poetic visuals and sweeping narratives. In Mainland China, this takes the form of allegory and large-scale epics that reflect on national history. Taiwan emphasizes intimate modernist realism, generational change, and the search for identity. Singapore contributes stories of migration, multiculturalism, and the negotiation of tradition in a globalized city.

The action genre features fast-paced, thrilling, and intense sequences of physical feats, combat, and excitement. The characters of these stories are involved in daring and often dangerous situations, requiring them to rely on their physical prowess, skills, and quick thinking to overcome challenges and adversaries.

In the early days of the Chinese Republic era, dockworkers in Macau are being mistreated by their Chinese overseers. An accident reveals that the cargo is composed of guns and opium.

Tao-Liang Tan in Zhu Jiang da feng bao (1974)

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