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Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man kung-fu dynamo Big Brother Cheng and kung-fu superstar Chen Kuan-tai were made for each other. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean, Big Brother Cheng made his first appearance in the extremely popular The Tea House, the success of which spawned this even more successful sequel.
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Chen Kuan-tai Karen Yip Leng-Chi Tung Lam Wai Wang Chung Chan-Chi Lam Wai-Tiu Lau Luk-Wah Wong Yu Fung Ging-Man Chan Lap-Ban Ricky Hui Shum Lo Yeung Chak-Lam Ng Hong-Sang Lui Hung Cheung Chok-Chow Chan Mei-Hua Chiang Yang Leung Seung-Wan Bruce Le Susan Shaw Yam Yam Ku Kuan-Chung Lam Fung Pang Pang Lee Sau-Kei Sai Gwa-Pau Teresa Ha Ping Wong Ching-Ho Man Man Fung Ming Yang Chi-Ching Hao Li-Jen Yue San-Tak
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