Dance of the Drunk Mantis
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Initial DVD release January 13, 2004 Duration | 7.2/10 Genre Action, Comedy Country Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 27 June 1979 (1979-06-27) Writer Lung Hsiao, See-Yuen Ng Cast Yuen Siu-Tin (Sam the Seed / Beggar Su), Hwang Jang-Lee (Rubber Legs), Linda Lin (Sam's Wife), Yuen Shun-Yi (Foggy), Cory Yuen (Rubber Leg's Student), Dean Shek (Moneybags)Similar movies Directed by Yuen Woo-ping, Martial arts movies, Comedies |
Dance of the drunk mantis
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 8 January 1979 from a heart attack.
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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 sees Rubber Legs when he looks at Beggar So and attacks him. The film closes with a freeze frame as Foggy leaps after his adopted father as the doctor watches on.
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