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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow is a Hongkongais film of genre Martial arts directed by Yuen Woo-ping released in USA on 5 november 1982 with Jackie Chan
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 5 november 1982
Length 1h38
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping
OriginHong kong
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Sports films, Films about the labor movement, Martial arts films, L'enfance marginalisée, Kung fu films, Harcèlement au travail
Rating72%
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Chinese: 蛇形刁手) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his directorial debut, and starring Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Woo-ping's real life father, Yuen Siu Tien.
Right after this film, Yuen Woo-ping directed Drunken Master, released in the same year, which also starred Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Siu Tien, and followed a similar plot.
Synopsis
Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan adopted by a kung fu school, is overworked as their janitor and abused by the kung fu teachers as a walking punching-bag, with the school's cook, Ah-Wu (Tino Wong), being his only sympathizer. Chien befriends an old beggar (Yuen Siu Tien) by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai Cheng-Tien, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-stylng spot, but is ambushed by Eagle Claw student Su Chen and an assassin masquerading as a Christian missionary (Roy Horan), and is injured. After being abused once more, Chien later finds him, helping him recover. Pai agrees to give him more lessons, on the condition that he does not call him "sifu" ("master"), since they are friends. The real reason, however, is to keep Chien's connection with him secret from his pursuers.Actors
Jackie Chan
(Chien Fu)
Hwang Jang-lee
(Master Shang Kuan Yin)
Dean Shek
(Teacher Lee)
Roy Horan
(Priest)
Chiu Chi Ling
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