This 1973 Hong Kong actioner shot in Japan, was intended to star Bruce Lee. But after his untimely death the lead role went to HK-Taiwanese martial artist Jimmy Wang Yu. And he gives a intensely crazed performance as the man driven to avenge his father's mysterious murder. Yes it's a who-killed-my-father-oh-YOU-killed-my-father-prepare-to-die flick.
For the A MAN CALLED TIGER blu-ray package I designed a fairly typical 70s style exploitative action thriller poster. Wang Yu conveys his prototypical facial expression used heavily throughout the film. (Usually the last thing his adversary sees before it's "lights out".)
Tiger imagery is common in my town, from the school mascot to the tiger sancuary down the road. So some sublte stripes and blazing bengal colors seemed a natural fit, even though Yu is the only true "animal" in the film.
Overall the design came off as sorta "sharp". Not so much in clarity, but more in angularity. I think it's due to the pointy achitecture and jagged bleeding text. Oddly enough, I can't recall ever seeing a cablecar in a movie unless their was a fight atop it. Certainly more often than not.
For the booklet cover design, I went with simple silhouettes in bengal hues. An airborne Jimmy rages out center stage, surrounded on all sides by dead men who just don't know it yet.