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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
(1978)
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Cast
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Chien Fu
(as Lung Cheng)
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Siu Tien Yuen | ... |
Grandmaster Pai Cheng-Tien
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Jang Lee Hwang | ... |
Lord Sheng Kuan
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Dean Shek | ... |
Teacher Li
(as Tien Shih)
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Roy Horan | ... |
Russian
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Hark-On Fung | ... |
Snake Fist School Master
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Lung Chan | ... |
Substitute Instructor
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Tien Lung Chen | ... |
Three Provinces Champ
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Yao Lin Chen | ... |
Master Hung (Hung Wei School)
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Kam Chiang | ... |
Ah Kwai, Magistrate's son
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Hsia Chien |
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Mr. Liang - brick-breaking demo
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Hsia Hsu | ... |
Su Chen
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Chiang Wang |
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Jackie Chan is a boy who is used as a janitor at his kung-fu school. Jackie Chan can't fight and is always getting bullied by the teachers and pupils. One day an old man helps Jackie train in an art of kung-fu called the ' Snake's Fist '. Jackie doesn't get bullied again. Then Jacki creates his own style and mixes it with the Snake's Fist. His style is based on the movement and actions of a cat. One day the old man is in trouble by a man who does ' The Eagle's Claw' and Jackie helps the old man. Written by Jagtar Basi <jagtar@basi.demon.co.uk>
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Country:
Hong KongLanguage:
CantoneseRelease Date:
November 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Chien Fu: Hmmph! Cat's Claw!
[Chien Fu proceeds to attack again]
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While filming a sword fight, Chan's arm was accidentally slashed by a sword. He went on fighting, and the footage appears in the film. See more »Goofs
The Russian's sword wobbles and bends throughout the whole fight in which he uses it. See more »Quotes
Lord Sheng Kuan: [after Chien Fu surprises him with his new technique] That technique! That isn't Snake Fist style! What is that?Chien Fu: Hmmph! Cat's Claw!
[Chien Fu proceeds to attack again]
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I believe this was Jackie Chan's first widely successful movie freed from the constraints of Lo Wei and working with a different director allowed Jackie to move into a different direction and stop trying to be the new Bruce Lee (as if anyone ever could be!).
Surprisingly the humour translates pretty well and both Jackies cruel martial arts school employer and the kindly martial artist he meets and befriends are well drawn comedic characters. The sometimes bizarre fighting styles all named after animals are a joy to behold and Jackie and all the other martial artists involved show just how skillful they are with some truly memorable twists on the old school kung-fu style fighting. Many of those in this film came together again a year later to make the equally excellent Drunken Master.
I would recommend this film to any martial arts fan as a must see, it's also an excellent entry point if your interested in looking into martial arts action films in general. 8/10