Shi di chu ma (1980)

Director:

Jackie Chan

Writers:

Jackie Chan (writer)
King Sang Tang (writer)

Release Date:

1981 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

After failing his fellow students in a Lion Dance competition, Dragon (Jackie Chan) is sent away from his school in disgrace...

Plot Keywords:

Hapkido | China | Historical | Kung Fu | Martial Arts

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Dragon
Biao Yuen	...	Sang Kung's Son / Fourth Brother
Pai Wei	...	Tiger
Lily Li	...	Sang Kung's Daughter
Kien Shih	...	Sang Kung
Ing-Sik Whang	...	Kam (as Whong In Sik)
Hark-On Fung	...	Kam's Bodyguard #1 (as Ke An Feng)
Hoi San Lee	...	Kam's Bodyguard #2 (as Li Hai Sheng)
Feng Tien	...	Master
Feng Feng	...	Ah Suk
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Bull (as Mei-Sheng Fan)
Yim Chan Tang	...	Ah Tsang

Also Known As:

Bye dai chut ma (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
The Young Master (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence.

Runtime:

Hong Kong:101 min | Finland:90 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | France:Unrated | Germany:16 (original rating) (cut) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (uncut) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:I | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Spain:T | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

The fan-fighting scene required 329 takes to complete.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

Third greatest martial arts film ever

This is my third favourite film because of the Bruce Lee films (first being Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury and Game of Death, second being The Big Boss and Enter the Dragon) but enough about Bruce for a moment, I'll just talk about how great this film is among the classic kung-fu c**p. The two fight scenes where Whang Ing-Sik appear in have got to be two of the greatest to grace the cinema screen, much different to the classical style of choreography back then, and scenes that would please even Bruce himself. The fifteen minute fight scene at the end of the film is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, because of the way Whang kicks (using his left foot which most right-footers usually neglect to use during combat) and the hilariousness of when he flying side kicks Jackie Chan and the other guy, and the latter just flies for miles. The rest of the film is moderately funny, with the emperor's pipe scene with Shih Kien fighting Chan and the appearance of Yuen Biao with the stool. Amazing stuff all round