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The Fearless Hyena

Original title: Xiao quan guai zhao
  • 19791979
  • RR
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
5K
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Jackie Chan in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
ComedyAction
A young man whose sickly grandfather has taught him a secret form of Kung Fu, starts to make a living off of his unique fighting style, only to attract the attention of his grandfather's mor... Read allA young man whose sickly grandfather has taught him a secret form of Kung Fu, starts to make a living off of his unique fighting style, only to attract the attention of his grandfather's mortal enemy.A young man whose sickly grandfather has taught him a secret form of Kung Fu, starts to make a living off of his unique fighting style, only to attract the attention of his grandfather's mortal enemy.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jackie Chan
  • Writers
    • Jackie Chan
    • Wei Lo
  • Stars
    • Jackie Chan
    • James Tien
    • Dean Shek
  • Director
    • Jackie Chan
  • Writers
    • Jackie Chan
    • Wei Lo
  • Stars
    • Jackie Chan
    • James Tien
    • Dean Shek
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    • 37User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Jackie Chan in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
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    Jackie Chan and Shi-Kwan Yen in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
    Jackie Chan in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
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    Jackie Chan and Shi-Kwan Yen in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
    Jackie Chan in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
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    Jackie Chan and Shi-Kwan Yen in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
    Jackie Chan in The Fearless Hyena (1979)

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    Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan
    • Shing Lung
    • (as Jacky Chan)
    James Tien
    James Tien
    • Grandpa
    Dean Shek
    Dean Shek
    • The Coffin Seller
    • (as Shih Tien)
    Hui-Lou Chen
    Hui-Lou Chen
    • The Unicorn
    Shi-Kwan Yen
    Shi-Kwan Yen
    • Yen
    Kun Li
    Kun Li
    • The Master
    Tien-Chi Cheng
    Tien-Chi Cheng
    • Willow Sword
    Chih-Ping Chiang
    Shao-Hua Chu
    Hsing-Nan Ho
    Hong Hsu
    Yuan Hsu
    Gen-Man Huang
    Sae Ok Kim
    Yeong-il Kim
    Yeong-il Kim
      Nai-Hua Kuo
      Chang Ma
      Chang Ma
      Kang Peng
      • Director
        • Jackie Chan
      • Writers
        • Jackie Chan
        • Wei Lo
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      Storyline

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      • Trivia
        Jackie Chan's writing and directorial debut.
      • Quotes

        Shing Lung: [balancing a valuable bowl very precariously] Master! Where are you going?

        The Master: I'm going to toilet.

      • Crazy credits
        The Japanese release of the film features an animated montage of Jackie Chan carrying out stunts with two characters that resemble Monkey Punch's criminal entertainers Daisuke Jigen and Fujiko Mine.
      • Alternate versions
        For the Japanese theatrical release under the title of Crazy Monkey, an animated segment designed by manga artist Monkey Punch was commissioned and added to the film's opening.
      • Connections
        Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Greatest Food Fights in Movies (2015)
      • Soundtracks
        Crazy Monkey
        Performed by Dr. Soup

        (Only in Japanese release)

      User reviews37

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      8/10
      Don't underestimate this movie!
      First of all I want to say to the Dutch readers that the Fearless Hyena part I that you poses is Part II in the rest of the world because Prime Time made a mistake switching them around.

      Although the story line was bad and some humor was absolutely terrible this movie contains some of the most hard acrobatic skills and it was one of his most energetic movies. I guess that he's been training like a mad person for this movie because it was one of the first movies in which he could do the fighting choreography completely by himself. This made the fighting scenes absolutely awesome and make me want to train myself again.

      I saw a comment which says that it looked too much like Drunken Master, but it's Drunken Master that looks a lot like this one because Fearless Hyena was made a year earlier.
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      • Joost_van_Steeg@Hotmail.com
      • Oct 29, 2002

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      • What are the differences between the French Version and the Original Version?

      Details

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      • Release date
        • February 17, 1979 (Hong Kong)
      • Countries of origin
        • Hong Kong
        • South Korea
      • Language
        • Cantonese
      • Also known as
        • Revenge of the Dragon
      • Filming locations
        • Hong Kong, China
      • Production company
        • Good Year Movie Company
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 38 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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