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| starring = [[Yuen Siu-tien]]<br/>[[Hwang Jang Lee]]<br/>Linda Lin<br/>Yuen Shun Yee<br/>[[Dean Shek|Charlie Shek]]<br/>[[Corey Yuen|Yuen Kwai]] |
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'''''Dance of the Drunk Mantis''''' ({{zh|t=南北醉拳}}) is a 1979 Hong Kong [[ |
'''''Dance of the Drunk Mantis''''' ({{zh|t=南北醉拳}}) is a 1979 Hong Kong [[kung fu film|kung fu]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Yuen Siu-tien]]'s real life son [[Yuen Woo-ping]], starring Yuen Siu-tien, [[Hwang Jang Lee]], Linda Lin, Yuen Shun-yee, [[Dean Shek|Charlie Shek]] and [[Corey Yuen|Yuen Kwai]]. This was Yuen Siu-tien's final film appearance before his death on January 8, 1979 from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. |
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*Brandy Yuen - Fake Sam Seed |
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*Sharon Noble - Various Women |
*Sharon Noble - Various Women |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of Hong Kong films]] |
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Revision as of 10:24, 30 January 2014
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Directed by | Yuen Woo-ping |
Written by | Ng See-yuen Lung Hsiao |
Produced by | Ng See-yuen |
Starring | Yuen Siu-tien Hwang Jang Lee Linda Lin Yuen Shun Yee Charlie Shek Yuen Kwai |
Cinematography | Cheung Hoi |
Edited by | Pan Hsiung Allan Poon |
Music by | Chen Fei Chi |
Distributed by | Seasonal Film Corporation |
Release date | June 27, 1979 |
Running time | 91 mins |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Dance of the Drunk Mantis (Chinese: 南北醉拳) is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Siu-tien's real life son Yuen Woo-ping, starring Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang Lee, Linda Lin, Yuen Shun-yee, Charlie Shek and Yuen Kwai. This was Yuen Siu-tien's final film appearance before his death on January 8, 1979 from a heart attack.
Plot
The year after training a young Freddy Wong (Jackie Chan) in Drunken Boxing, Beggar So / Sam Seed returns to find that his wife has adopted a son Foggy. Sam takes a disliking to the boy and tortures him mentally and physically. Devastated, the boy runs away and takes a job at an inn, where he meets Rubber Legs and his student. He overhears that they are looking for Beggar So and want to kill him, making Rubber Legs' Northern 'Drunk Mantis' Boxing supreme.
However, Foggy returns home to warn Beggar So, who has been injured by Rubber Legs. Beggar So sends Foggy to a sickness teacher for herbs to cure him, and the doctor teaches him a dreaded style called 'Sickness Boxing'. Now, armed with this sick form of fighting, Foggy is ready for Drunk Mantis. In the end, Foggy goes berserk and kills Rubber Legs. Unable to escape from his trance, he had mistakes about a Beggar So as Rubber Legs and attacks him, the film closes as Foggy leaps after his adopted father as the doctor watches on.
Cast
- Yuen Siu-tien – Beggar So / Sam Seed
- Hwang Jang Lee – Rubber Legs
- Linda Lin Ying - Beggar So's wife
- Yuen Shun-yee – Foggy
- Charlie Shek – Moneybags
- Yuen Kwai - Rubber Legs' student
- David Wu – Pickpocket
- Yen Shi-kwan - Sickness Master
- Brandy Yuen - Fake Sam Seed
- Sharon Noble - Various Women
See also
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