The Fearless Hyena
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| Traditional | 笑拳怪招 |
| Simplified | 笑拳怪招 |
| Mandarin | Xiǎo Quán Guài Zhào |
| Cantonese | Siu3 Kyun4 Gwaai3 Ziu1 |
| Directed by | Jackie Chan Kenneth Tsang |
| Produced by | Hsu Li Hwa |
| Written by | Jackie Chan Kenneth Tsang |
| Starring | Jackie Chan James Tien |
| Music by | Frankie Chan Chen Hsua-Chi |
| Cinematography | Chen Yung Shu |
| Editing by | Liang Yung Tsan |
| Studio | Goodyear Movie Company |
| Distributed by | Lung Cheung Company Limited |
| Release date(s) | Hong Kong: 17 February 1979 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
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The Fearless Hyena is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by and starring Jackie Chan. The film was co-directed by Kenneth Tsang.
The film has been released on several alternative titles internationally, including:
- Revenge of the Dragon (USA video title)
- Superfighter 3 (West Germany video title)
- The Shadowman (West Germany video title)
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[edit] Plot
Shing Lung (Jackie Chan) is a youngster, living in a remote village with his grandfather, kung fu master Chen Peng-fei (James Tien). Lung does not take his training seriously enough, he gambles, and he gets into fights which lead him to display the skills his grandfather has told him he must keep secret.
Lung briefly finds employment selling coffins, working for an unscrupulous proprietor (Dean Shek), who even stoops to selling second-hand coffins. Lung is fired when he accidentally traps his boss in one of the coffins. After making his escape, he runs into three thugs he'd beaten up earlier, who ask him to teach them kung fu. Lung meets their sifu, Ti Cha (Lee Kwan), the unskilled leader of the Everything Clan. Master Ti offers Lung a lucrative job training his students and fighting against the top fighters from rival schools. This boosts the reputation of the school and of the scheming Master Ti. However, Lung makes the mistake of naming the school under the Sien Yi clan name. This comes to the attention of evil kung fu master Yen Ting Hua (Yam Sai-kwoon), who finds and kills Lung's grandfather. But, Lung eventually takes revenge for his grandfather's murder after undergoing rigorous training from The Unicorn (Chan Wai-Lau).
[edit] Cast
- Jackie Chan - Shing Lung (as Jacky Chan)
- James Tien - Grandpa
- Dean Shek - The Coffin Seller (as Shih Tien)
- Chen Hui Lou - The Unicorn
- Yen Shi-Kwan - Yen
- Lee Kwan - The Master
- Cheng Tien-Chi - Willow Sword
- Chih-ping Chiang
- Shao Hua Chu
- Eagle Han
- Hsing Nan Ho
- Hong Hsu
- Huang Kan-man
- Sae Ok Kim
- Kuo Nai-hua
- Chang Ma
- Kang Peng
- Wang Yao
- Wan Li-peng
- Chi Sang Wong
[edit] Fight scenes
Fearless Hyena features several unusual fight scenes, including a chopsticks duel, Shing Lung fighting disguised as a cross-eyed mentally retarded man, disguised as a woman, and using "Emotional Kung-Fu", a style that involves vividly displaying the emotions of anger, sorrow, joy and happiness to find the opponent's weakness thus fighting whilst crying or laughing.
[edit] Inspirations
This film served as the inspiration behind Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga.[citation needed]
[edit] Box office
The film grossed a HK $5,445,535 at the Hong Kong box office.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Fearless Hyena at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Fearless Hyena at the Internet Movie Database
- The Fearless Hyena at AllRovi
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