''Vengeance'' (報仇; original

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

title, ''Bao chou'') is a 1970

kung fu Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (), are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common ...

film directed by

Chang Cheh Chang Cheh (; 10 February 1923 – 22 June 2002) was a Chinese people, Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and producer active in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Chang Cheh directed more than 90 films in Greater China, the majority of them wi ...

, and starring

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and

Ti Lung Ti Lung (born 19 August 1946) is a Hong Kong actor, known for his numerous starring roles in a string of Shaw Brothers Studio's films, particularly '' The Blood Brothers'', '' The Avenging Eagle'', ''Clans of Intrigue'', '' The Duel'', ''The Senti ...

. The film is set in

Peking } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

in 1925, and centers on a

revenge Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." Pr ...

plight of Chiang.Vengeance!
, Time Out London. Retrieved 23 September 2018. The movie has little actual

and instead is heavily laden with knife fighting and judo. At the 16th Asian Film Festival, Director

won the ''Best Director Award'',

won the ''Best Actor Award'' and received Asia's first ''Movie King Award'', and Vengeance went on to win the ''Best Movie Award'' and the ''Iron Triangle''.

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* 1970 films 1970 action films 1970 martial arts films Hong Kong films Films directed by Chang Cheh Films set in Beijing Films set in 1920 Films about Peking opera 1970s Hong Kong films {{martialart-film-stub