Dance of the Drunk Mantis
| Dance of the Drunk Mantis | |
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| Directed by | Yuen Woo-ping |
| Produced by | Ng See-yuen |
| Written by |
Ng See-yuen Lung Hsiao |
| Starring |
Yuen Siu-tien Hwang Jang Lee Linda Lin Yuen Shun Yee Charlie Shek Yuen Kwai |
| Music by | Chen Fei Chi |
| Cinematography | Cheung Hoi |
| Edited by |
Pan Hsiung Allan Poon |
| Distributed by | Seasonal Film Corporation |
Release date | 27 June 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 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.
Plot
The year after training a young Freddy Wong (Jackie Chan) in Drunken Master, 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.
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