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後生 (1975)
The Young Rebel
Alt title: The Rebel Youth
Origin: Hong Kong
Genres: Martial Arts  Crime 
Theatrical Run (HK): 02/08/1975 - 02/20/1975
 
Director
  Ti Lung
 
Screenwriters
  Ni Kuang
  Ti Lung
 
Martial Arts Directors
  Lau Kar-Wing
  Huang Pei-Chih
  Chan Chuen
 
Image provided by OS Germany
 
Cast
  David Chiang Da-Wei ... Xiang Rong
  Ti Lung ... Gen Lai
  Chiang Nan ... Mr. Fong
  Lin Jing ... Rong's mother
  Simon Yuen Siu-Tin ... Rong's sifu
  Lu Ti ... Mr. Tou Cheng
  Lee Hoi-Sang ... Master Liu
  Eddy Ko Hung ... King Ren
  Chiang Tao ... Shi Tou/Stone
  Fung Ngai ... Long Feng
  Wan Man (3) ... Lin Xiu Ping
  Ming Ming ... Xiang Xiao Zhen
  Tino Wong Cheung ... Snatch thief
  Cheung Chok-Chow ... Bar patron
  Unknown SB-Actor (49) ... Martial art student
  Yeung Pak-Chan ... Mr Tou's henchman
  Lau Chun ... Waiter
  Fung Hak-On ... Mr Tou's henchman
  Chui Kin-Wa ... Mr Tou's henchman
  Law Keung ... Long's henchman
  Chui Fat ... Mr Tou's henchman
  Wong Shu-Tong ... Mr Tou's henchman
  Wong Mei ... Mr Tou's henchman
  Chan Dik-Hak ... Mr Tou's henchman
  Lau Kar-Wing ... Long's henchman
  Chan Siu-Kai ... Long's henchman
  Ng Yuen-Fan ... Long's henchman
  Chik Ngai-Hung ... Long's henchman
  Huang Ha ... Martial art student
  Tam Bo ... Bou Chiang
  Lee Hang (3) ... Shi Tou's gangster
  Ho Kei-Cheong ... Martial art student
  Ho Bo-Sing ... Martial art student
  Hsu Hsia ... Martial art student
  Yen Shi-Kwan ... Martial art student
  Kong Chuen (3) ... Gambling stall thug
  Lo Wai ... Gambling stall thug
  Alan Chan Kwok-Kuen ... Gambling stall thug
  Sammo Hung Kam-Bo ... Gambling stall thug
  Chan Chuen ... Gambling stall thug
  Lai Yan (3) ... Shi Tou's gangster
  Tang Tak-Cheung ... Shi Tou's gangster
  Wong Chi-Keung (2) ... Shi Tou's gangster
  Wynn Lau Chun-Fai ... Shi Tou's gangster
 
Production Company
  Chang's Film Co.
 
Distributor
  Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong)
 
Assistant Director
  Tong Yuen (2)
 
Cinematographer
  Kuang Han-Lu
 
Lighting
  Hu Wei-Kuang
 
Costume
  Li Chi
 
Editor
  Kwok Ting-Hung
 
Props
  Peng Chang-Lin
 
Presenter
  Chang Cheh
 
Production Manager
  Lam Sing-Fan
 
Filming Location
  Hong Kong
 
 
Summary
  When Xiang’s father is killed, Xiang takes the news hard and becomes rebellious. He must now support his mother and sister, so his buddy Gen Lai gets him a menial job in a grocery. The boss is a slavedriving miser who distrusts Xiang because he looks like a young layabout. The boss proves to be an excellent judge of character, as Xiang proves that he will never win Employee Of The Month. Xiang is surly with the boss, slow to react to orders (i.e. he takes more than one second !), sneaks extras to customers without payment and takes many opportunities to goof off, especially when a lovely young girl customer captures his attention. ………. A humiliating encounter with thugs leads Xiang to beg Gen Lai to teach him kung fu. Xiang becomes an able fighting student under Gen Lai’s Sifu, imaging his boss’s face in the punching bag. But Sifu is worried that, though he quickly becomes the best fighter in the school, he is savage and full of hatred. So when he beats up his fellow students in a fit of rage one day, Sifu shows him the door. ………. This only increases his burning hatred. One day he delivers groceries to house of the thugs who beat him up, who are competing in front of their boss, a local gang leader. Unimpressed with their fighting, Xiang challenges them all and wins. The boss is very impressed and offers him a well-paid job. ………. Xiang lavishes the money on his family. His sister is delighted, but mother is puzzled, worrying he has fallen in with a bad crowd. Of course, he has, but he hides this from his family. In the meantime, he has become progressively more disrespectful and rude towards the grocer. ………. Gen Lai has since joined the police force. It seems Xiang’s new career will cause them the two friends to become adversaries ….