• Director(s)

    Chia-Liang Liu

  • Production Year

    1983

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Ying Hung Wai, Hou Hsiao

Film

The Lady Is The Boss

sexual assault, strong violence, nudity

THE LADY IS THE BOSS is a Hong Kong action comedy, from 1983, in which the daughter of a grandmaster travels from the US to inaugurate a new martial arts building, and decides to make some changes of her own.…

THE LADY IS THE BOSS is a Hong Kong action comedy, from 1983, in which the daughter of a grandmaster travels from the US to inaugurate a new martial arts building, and decides to make some changes of her own.

violence
A man hits a woman's face causing it to bleed. During a knife fight, a man slashes another man's arm, resulting in bloody detail. There are also stylised scenes of hand-to-hand combat which include punching, kicking and use of improvised weapons.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man gropes a woman's breast over her clothes without her consent and another man attempts to put his hand up a woman's skirt.
nudity
Topless women are shown dancing at a brothel.
additional issues
The film features moderate bad language ('bitch') and milder terms ('shit', 'bastard'). There are moments of knife threat, and a scene in which a group of men kidnap a woman. Friends smoke a joint at a party.

  • Director(s)

    Chia-Liang Liu

  • Production Year

    1983

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Chia-Liang Liu, Kara Ying Hung Wai, Hou Hsiao

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

Classified Date:
14/12/1983
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Sino Cine Co Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
sexual assault, strong violence, nudity
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
88 Films Limited
violence
A man hits a woman's face causing it to bleed. During a knife fight, a man slashes another man's arm, resulting in bloody detail. There are also stylised scenes of hand-to-hand combat which include punching, kicking and use of improvised weapons.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man gropes a woman's breast over her clothes without her consent and another man attempts to put his hand up a woman's skirt.
nudity
Topless women are shown dancing at a brothel.
additional issues
The film features moderate bad language ('bitch') and milder terms ('shit', 'bastard'). There are moments of knife threat, and a scene in which a group of men kidnap a woman. Friends smoke a joint at a party.

  • Classified date

    03/02/2025