My Rebellious Son

Nov 26, 1982

1h 33m

★ 5.0

Overview

Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.

Genres

Comedy

Action

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

My Rebellious Son Trailers

Cast

Chang Siu Tai

Alexander Fu Sheng

Chang Tak Tai

Ku Feng

Robert Tang

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

Master Jiang

Walter Tso Tat-Wah

Chariman Tang

Tang Ching

Judy Shum Shao Ling

Cecilia Wong

Sam Shum

Ai Fei

Woman at Tang villa

Liu Lai-Ling

Woman at Tang villa

Choh Seung-Wan

One of Robert's friends

Ngai Tim-Choi

One of Robert's friends

Lam Fai-Wong

Boss Heung

Yang Chi-Ching

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