Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Chinese: 蛇形刁手) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his directorial debut. It stars Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee, and Yuen Woo-ping's real life father, Yuen Siu-tien. The film's plot is about Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan who is bullied at a kung fu school, meeting an old beggar, Pai Cheng-tien (Yuen Siu-tien), who becomes his sifu (teacher) and trains him in Snake Kung Fu.
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| Traditional Chinese | 蛇形刁手 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蛇形刁手 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Yuen Woo-ping | ||||||||||
| Written by | Ng See-yuen Choi Gai-gwong Tsai Chi-kuang | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Ng See-yuen Chen Chuan | ||||||||||
| Starring | Jackie Chan Yuen Siu-tien Hwang Jang-lee | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Chang Hui | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Poon Hung-yiu | ||||||||||
| Music by | Chou Fu-liang | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Seasonal Film Corporation | ||||||||||
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Running time | 98 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | US$3 million (est.) | ||||||||||
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. The film established Chan's slap-stick kung fu comedy style which he further developed with Drunken Master, while also establishing the basic plot structure used in many martial arts films internationally since then.