Legend of the Drunken Tiger (1990)
"Zui gui Zhang San" (original title)

The story of some Chinese reformers who escape from the Qing army and later battle the foreign expeditionary force during the Boxer Rebellion.

Director:

Baoshan Dai

Writers:

Baoshan Dai, Baorui Zhang (story),

Stars:

Kara Hui, Chunzhong Zhang, Alexander Lou

Cast

Credited cast:
Kara Hui	...	Leela
Chunzhong Zhang
Alexander Lou
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yu-Jing Chen
Kwok Keung Cheung	...	Wang Wu
Pak-Kwong Ho
Feng Ku	...	Yung Lu
Hsin Li
Lung Yin Li	...	Yang
So Man	...	Tsai, Chin-Hua
Hsieh Wang	...	Liang Chen-Pu
Lingwei Xu	...	Zhang San
Yung Yeh
Xiutong Zhu

Storyline

The story of some Chinese reformers who escape from the Qing army and later battle the foreign expeditionary force during the Boxer Rebellion.

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Genres:

Action | Romance

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Details

Country:

China Hong Kong Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

1990 (China)

Also Known As:

Zui xia xing

Filming Locations:

Great Wall of China, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chi Film Production Company Limited, Hong Kong Qimin Company Ltd., Youth Film Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Thumb down for this political propaganda

The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Drunken Master Zhang the third.

There is only one conclusion from this movie: the Chinese government must be desperate. This movie is made one year after the 1989, the year of June 4th incident, and as a result, the Chinese government was condemned internationally. The Chinese government was in desperate need of rally nationalism to support its legitimacy, and this movie was one of its pathetic results.

The plot is fabricated by altering the truth. For example, the protagonist, the martial arts master specialized in the form of Drunken Fists, although discontent with the corrupted regime, was a loyal army officer and in reality, he actually obeyed the imperial order of staying in the capital and helped the foreigners to restore orders. It was not until 1911 when he was finally fed up with the corrupted regime and joined the Dr. Yat-Sen Sun's revolution to overthrow the corrupted regime.

However, the 1911's revolution was Chinese against Chinese, a regime change, and it would be much better to rally nationalistic feelings if the situation was Chinese against foreign invaders, so the history was changed in this movie to what it is now. A good example of governmental censorship at work.