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Dance of the Drunk Mantis 
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping Produced by Ng See-yuen Written by Ng See-yuen
Lung HsiaoStarring Yuen Siu Tien
Hwang Jang Lee
Linda Lin
Yuen Shun Yee
Charlie Shek
Yuen KwaiMusic by Chen Fei Chi Cinematography Cheung Hoi Editing by Pan Hsiung
Allan PoonDistributed by Seasonal Film Corporation Release date(s) 27 June 1979 Running time 91 mins Country Hong Kong Language Cantonese Not to be confused with Drunken Master II aka Legend of Drunken Master.Dance of the Drunk Mantis (南北醉拳; aka 'South North Drunk Fist', 'Drunken Master Part 2') 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 before his death on January 8, 1979, had 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 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 - Beggar So's wife
- Yuen Shun Yee – Foggy
- Charlie Shek – Moneybags
- Yuen Kwai - Rubber Legs' student
- David Wu – Pickpocket
- Shi-kwan Yen - Sickness Master
- Brandy Yuen - Fake Sam Seed
- Sharon Noble - Various Women
External links
Films directed by Yuen Woo-ping 1970s Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) • Drunken Master (1978) • Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979) • Magnificent Butcher (1979)1980s The Buddhist Fist (1980) • Dreadnaught (1981) • Legend of a Fighter (1982) • The Miracle Fighters (1982) • Shaolin Drunkard (1983) • Drunken Tai Chi (1984) • Mismatched Couples (1985) • The Close Encounter of Vampire (1986) • Tiger Cage (1988) • In the Line of Duty 4: Witness (1989)1990s Tiger Cage 2 (1990) • Tiger Cage 3 (1991) • Iron Monkey (1993) • Heroes Among Heroes (1993) • Tai Chi Master (1993) • Wing Chun (1994) • Fire Dragon (1994) • Iron Monkey 2 (1995) • Red Wolf (1995) • Tai Chi Boxer (1996)2010s True Legend (2010)Categories:- Hong Kong films
- 1979 films
- Kung fu films
- 1970s comedy films
- Films directed by Yuen Woo-ping
- Hong Kong film stubs
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