Se ying diu sau (1978)

Director:

Woo-ping Yuen

Writers:

Chi Yuan Hsi (writer)
Huo An Hsi (writer)

Release Date:

November 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Fighting | Kung Fu Kid | Kung Fu Comedy | Kung Fu Classic

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Chien Fu (as Lung Cheng)
Siu Tien Yuen	...	Grandmaster Pai Cheng-Tien (as Hsiao-Tien Yuan)
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Lord Sheng Kuan (as Cheng-Li Huang)
Dean Shek	...	Teacher Li (as Tien Shih)
Roy Horan	...	Russian
Hark-On Fung	...	Snake Fist School Master
Lung Chan	...	Substitute Instructor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tien Lung Chen	...	Three Provinces Champ
Yao Lin Chen	...	Master Hung (Hung Wei School)
Kam Chiang	...	Ah Kwai, Magistrate's son
Hsia Chien
Chi Ling Chiu
Hsia Hsu	...	Su Chen
Chiang Wang

Also Known As:

Bruce vs. Snake in Eagle's Shadow
Eagle's Shadow (USA) (reissue title)
She xing diao shou (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Snake and the Eagle's Shadow (Philippines: English title)
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

98 min | Argentina:97 min | Germany:90 min | UK:92 min | USA:90 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (cut) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG

Company:

Seasonal Film Corporation

Trivia:

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.

Quotes:

Grandmaster Pai Cheng-Cheh: What a bitch. I hope she drops dead.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Feng gui lai de ren (1983)

Most excellent

'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow' - Jackie Chan's other breakthrough hit, along with 'Drunken Master'. Both released in 1978, these two movies made the careers of Jackie Chan and director Yuen Woo Ping, and both featured Siu Tien Yuen and Hwang Jang Lee in similar roles.

The plot follows Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan abused and mistreated by the kung-fu (evil, of course) school he works at. He can't fight until he meets Pai Cheng-Cheh (Siu Tien Yuen), a grand-master of Snake Fist, and last remaining follower of the Snake Fist style. A rivalry between the Snake Fist and Eagle Claw styles has led to the near-elimination of the Snake Fist style, and Chien Fu and Pai Cheng-Cheh find themselves being hunted by Lord Sheng Kuan (Hwang Jang Lee), the master of the Eagle Claw style.

The awesomeness of 'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow' lies in the fact that it really is quite similar to 'Drunken Master', which is also awesome. Again, the plot is a pretty standard kung-fu plot, but any plot which allows for the maximum amount of on-screen kung-fu time is a good plot. The training sequences are entertaining, and the following fight scenes are incredible - Jackie, Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Woo Ping are all at their best here.

'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow' is an awesome and very funny movie - 10/10, a must see for all Jackie Chan fans.