Jackie Chan: The Legend Of The Drunken Master

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The Legend of the Drunken Master Name The Legend of the Drunken Master Director Yuen Wo-ping Producer Ng See-yuen Starring Jackie Chan Simon Yuen Siu-tin Hwang Jang-lee Lam Kau Yuen Shun-yi Dean Shek Tin Tyrone Hsu Hsia Linda Lin Ying Brandy Yuen Tino Wong Cheung Distributor Seasonal Film Corporation Release 1978 Run Time 111 mins. Country Hong Kong Language Mandarin Preceded by na Followed by Drunken Master II Website na

Drunken Master is one of the greatest classic kung fu comedy of all time and also the most influential Hong Kong film of the latter half of the 1970s. Jackie Chan was finally able to unleash the full force of his comic and physical genius under the masterful direction of Yuen Wo-ping.

Summary

Jackie Chan plays the famed Chinese folk hero and Hung Gar creator, Wong Fei Hung. The story begins as Fei Hung ends up in a heap of trouble with his father after making advances on a woman and fighting with her mother who turns out to be his visiting aunt (Linda Yin Ling). To make matters worse, Mr. Li (Fung Ging Man), the father of a bully that Fei Hung had beat up on the same day demands justice for the offense. Along with enduring long hours of difficult kung fu stances, Fei Hung's punishment is to learn kung fu from his great uncle, Su Hua Chi (Simon Yuen), a beggar and drunkard known for his harsh training methods. An attempt to escape lands Fei Hung directly within the grasp of Su who begins a torturous regime of training him in the "Eight Drunken Gods" style of kung fu. Despite Fei Hung's reluctance, mastery of these skills prove to be the only thing capable of keeping his father from being killed by Thunderleg (Hwang Jang Lee), a professional fighter hired by Mr. Li who will stop at nothing to sell off the local residents' land for profit.

Martial Arts in the Film

Tyrone Hsu gives a terrific performance as the staff-wielding King of Bamboo who fights Jackie in a memorable scene. Also, Jang Lee's talent as a master kicker adds flavor to the film as the camera catches him delivering eight or nine rapid kicks to Jackie in succession and from multiple positions within a relatively confined space. Its one of those moments that demands to be seen repeatedly. Jackie's shining moments are in the second half of the film as his character learns drunken boxing.