The Savage Five

The Savage Five, also known as The Savage 5, is a 1974 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Chang Cheh and starring David Chiang, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai, Danny Lee and Wong Chung. The film's Chinese title literally means the "Five Tiger Generals". Godfrey Ho was assistant director in this movie (as Chih Chiang Ho).

The Savage Five
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	五虎將
Simplified Chinese	五虎将
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔ Hǔ Jiàng
Jyutping	Ng2 Fu2 Zeong3
Directed by	Chang Cheh
Screenplay by	Ni Kuang Chang Cheh
Produced by	Run Run Shaw
Starring	David Chiang Ti Lung Chen Kuan-tai Danny Lee Wong Chung
Cinematography	Kung Mu-to
Edited by	Kwok Ting-hung
Music by	Frankie Chan
Production company	Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date	15 February 1974 (1974-02-15)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

Plot

A group of bandits flees with a stolen safe to a small town where they oppress the villagers and forces the town's blacksmith Wei Min-hui (Danny Lee) to unlock the safe. Wei refuses to help the bandits and after he informed the mayor about this, he reports to the officials in a nearby village. The bandits were furious that Wei has fled away and starts killing the villagers, threatening them they will kill a villager every hour if they do not find Wei. Finally, the heroes of the town come forward to wipe out the bandits. At this time, Wei also brings a government official to town, who unexpectedly turns out to be an accomplice of the bandits.

Cast

• David Chiang as Chen Deng / Chen San
• Ti Lung as Fang Yi-fei
• Chen Kuan-tai as Ma Dao
• Danny Lee as Wei Min-hui
• Wong Chung as Yao Guang
• Wai Wang as Brother Li
• Wong Ching as Bandit leader
• Chinag Tao as Liang Shan
• Wong Bing-bing as San Niang
• Lo Dik as Mayor Yuen
• Wang Kuang-yu as Bandit
• Norman Chui as Dai Niu
• Ngai Fei as villager
• Lee Sau-kei as villager
• Lee Pang-fei as villager
• Shum Lo as villager
• Wong Ching-ho as villager
• Liu Wai as villager
• Lam Fai-wong as villager
• Jamie Luk as villager
• Stephen Yip as villager
• Lee Yung-kit as villager
• Yuen Man-tzu as village girl
• Kot Dik-wah as village girl
• Johnson Wong as Bandit
• Wong Shu-tong as Bandit
• Yen Shi-kwan as Bandit
• Chan Dik-hak as Bandit
• Lau Chun-fai as Bandit
• Ng Yuen-fan as Bandit
• Tung Choi Bo as Bandit
• Law Keung as Bandit
• Danny Chow as Bandit
• Wong Mei as Bandit
• Tang Tak-cheung as Bandit
• Chik Nga-hung as Bandit
• Huang Ha as Bandit
• Chui Fat as Bandit
• Cheung Siu-lun as Villager
• Wa Lun as Young villager
• Ting Tung as Villager
• Ho Bo-sing
• Chan Siu-gai
• Choi Lam
• Tam Ying
• Yuen Shun-yi
• Fung Hak-on
• Hsu Hsia
• Yeung Pak-chan
• Wong Chi-keung
• Kong Chuen
• Ho Kei-cheung
• Ho Hon-chau as Villager
• Ling Hon
• Wong Kung-miu

External links

• The Savage Five at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Savage Five at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• The Savage Five at IMDb