Drunken Master (1978)

Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by Beggar So (Siu Tin Yuen), a Master of drunken martial arts.

Director:

Woo-Ping Yuen

Writers:

Lung Hsiao (as Hua-An Hsi), See-Yuen Ng

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Siu Tin Yuen, Jung-Lee Hwang

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Wong Fei-Hung (as Jacky Chan)
Siu Tin Yuen	...	Beggar So (as Yuen Hsiao Tien)
Jung-Lee Hwang	...	Jim Ti-Sam (as Huang Cheng Li)
Dean Shek	...	Ko Choi (as Shih Tien)
Kau Lam	...	Wong Kei-Ying (as Chiao Lin)
Linda Lin	...	Fei-Hung's Aunt
Tien Lung Chen	...	Bully (as Chiang Wang)
Hsia Hsu	...	Ceoi King-Tin
Chiu Jun Lee	...	(as Shih Fu-Tsai)
Han Chen Wang	...	Restaurant Boss
Kwai Shan	...	Iron Head Rat (as Yung Liu)
Chin Chiang	...	Da Kuai-Dai
Shun-Yee Yuen	...	Chen Kuo-Wei
Ging Man Fung	...	Li Wan-Hao
Hui Tsai

Storyline

The father of Wong Fei-hong, who has been attempting to teach his son kung-fu, but has found him too disobedient to teach and decides to send him off to his uncle, a cruel and torturous master of the 8-Drunken Genii kung-fu. After much suffering the son comes back to rescue the father from an assassin.

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Plot Keywords:

kung fu | kung fu classic | kung fu master | cult film | martial arts | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence and language

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

5 October 1978 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Drunken Master

Filming Locations:

Jardim de Lou Lim Ioc - 10 Estrada de Adolfo de Loureiro, Sao Lazaro, Macau, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Seasonal Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is a clip (possibly a teaser or a deleted scene) in which Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) demonstrates drunken boxing on the front lawn of Beggar So's home. The latter calls instructions throughout, with characters subsequently appearing on-screen. It appeared in the documentary "Cinema of Vengeance" and later as a "deleted scene" on some home video releases. A photograph from this (Fei-Hung with his leg raised, holding both a tea cup and wine jar) is commonly used in various artworks.

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Goofs

The bench placed under Fei-Hung as he performs the horse stance temporarily disappears when his father walks towards him.

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Alternate Versions

Some Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) versions have a running time of 110 minutes, whilst others are at approximately 95. With exception to a handful of home video releases, such gaps have often been filled with another language/dub, and/or removed.

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Connections

Spoofed in Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999)

User Reviews

Classic Chan

This is my favourite jackie chan film. It's one of the funniest films i've ever seen. It starts with a fight and ends with one,so the action crowd won't be disappointed! Plus it contains the funniest scenes chan has ever put on film,such as the taunting of his idiotic teacher and the horror of realising the woman who he picks a fight with is his auntie!Brilliant.