# A Man Called Tiger (1973)

A Man Called Tiger A Man Called Tiger - (1973) rated: good At one time before Bruce Lee decided to go his own way with the self-directed “The Way of the Dragon” (U.S. Title : “Return of the Dragon”), “A Man Called Tiger” was to be the third Bruce Lee / Lo Wei vehicle after “The Big Boss” & “Fist of Fury”. However, except for the opportunity it would have allowed Bruce to wear the snazzy garish seventies fashions he seemed to prefer in real life, this doesn’t seem like a fit for The Dragon. Though as the Wang Yu vehicle it became, it’s one of the star’s most beloved films (At least in the west due to its theatrical release by World Northal and the early Embassy Home Video release), and one of his most violent movies (and for Wang Yu, that’s saying something). Wang Yu plays a Chinese stranger in Tokyo, who Tony Montana-style moves his way up the Japanese Yakuza ladder. The reason he does this isn’t to be a successful gangster. It’s to find out who’s responsible for his father’s murder. However, Wang Yu doesn’t fake being a gangster. He is a gangster, shaking down stores for protection money, beating up people, and moving up the ladder by being more ruthless and violent than anybody else. After becoming China’s first action hero with the seminal “One-Armed Swordsman,” and even starring and directing Hong Kong’s first fist fight film, the great “Chinese Boxer” (no wuxia swords, only fists), by the early seventies Wang Yu’s popularity was beginning to decline. Mostly because…

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 2026
- By: KonCateGoryIII
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/a-man-called-tiger-1973)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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