Movie
Drunken Master
Overview
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
Details
- Release date
- 1978-10-05
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Seasonal Film Corporation
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- CN
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Wong Fei-hung
- Simon Yuen Siu-Tien as Beggar So
- Hwang Jang-Lee as Thunderleg Yen Tieh-hsin
- Dean Shek Tin as Kai Hsin
- Hsu Hsia as King of Sticks Hsu Ching-tien
- Linda Lin Ying as Fei-hung's Aunt
- Lam Kau as Wong Kei-ying
- Max Lee Chiu-Chun as Kei-ying's Student
- Chiang Kam as Da Kuai-dai
- Richard Cheung Kuen as (extra) (uncredited)
- Choi Fai as (uncredited)
- Fung Ging-Man as Li Wan-hao (uncredited)
Crew
- Yuen Woo-ping - Director
- Hsiao Lung - Screenplay
- Ng See-Yuen - Screenplay
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