Black Tiger

I set out to make a 60 second promotional trailer for a screenplay that I wrote, “The Black Tiger,” which was an homage to classic old school kung fu movies. I got access to a soundstage for one day and with a bunch of martial arts friends shot a few pages from the script, no sound, minimal production design. Later I decided I couldn’t use the footage because it looked too much like I had actually shot the entire movie (and on what looked to be a budget of two hundred dollars–not what I wanted at all.) I hated to throw it away, so instead, ignoring the original script, I subtitled it up, had some Cantonese speaking friends dub in dialogue, and viola “A Kung Fu Romance” was born.–Gordon Eriksen

Synopsis
Chinatown, New York City. Mei Hua, scion of the Han family and leader of the Poison Clan, is torn between killing the object of her desire, Jay, or surrendering herself to him.

Cast and Credits

Cast and Credits