Se ying diu sau (1978)

Director:

Woo-ping Yuen

Writers:

Chi Yuan Hsi (writer)
Huo An Hsi (writer)
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Release Date:

November 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

Jackie Chan is a boy who is used as a janitor at his kung-fu school. Jackie Chan can't fight and is always getting bullied by the teachers and pupils...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Fighting | Kung Fu Kid | Kung Fu Comedy | Kung Fu Classic

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Chien Fu (as Lung Cheng)
Siu Tien Yuen	...	Grandmaster Pai Cheng-Tien (as Hsiao-Tien Yuan)
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Lord Sheng Kuan (as Cheng-Li Huang)
Dean Shek	...	Teacher Li (as Tien Shih)
Roy Horan	...	Russian
Hark-On Fung	...	Snake Fist School Master
Lung Chan	...	Substitute Instructor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tien Lung Chen	...	Three Provinces Champ
Yao Lin Chen	...	Master Hung (Hung Wei School)
Kam Chiang	...	Ah Kwai, Magistrate's son
Hsia Chien
Chi Ling Chiu
Hsia Hsu	...	Su Chen
Chiang Wang

Directed by
Woo-ping Yuen		(as Woo-Ping Yuen)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Chi Yuan Hsi		writer
Huo An Hsi		writer
Shiao Loong		writer
See-Yuen Ng		screenplay
Chi-Kuang Tsai		screenplay

Produced by
See-Yuen Ng	....	producer

Original Music by
Fu Liang Chou		(as Fu-Liang Chou)

Cinematography by
Hui Chang

Film Editing by
Hung Yiu Poon

Production Design by
Yuen Tan Ting

Costume Design by
Chuan Kai Kung

Other crew
Hsia Hsu	....	fighting instructor
Cheung-Yan Yuen	....	martial arts director
Corey Yuen	....	martial arts director
Shun-Yee Yuen	....	martial arts director
Woo-ping Yuen	....	martial arts director (as Woo-Ping Yuen)

Production Companies

• Seasonal Film Corporation

Distributors

• Cinematic (1982) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Seasonal Film Corporation (1978) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Arena Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Beverly Wilshire Filmworks (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2002) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Hong Kong Legends (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Metropolitan Filmexport
• World Video & Supply Inc. (1999) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Bruce vs. Snake in Eagle's Shadow
Eagle's Shadow (USA) (reissue title)
She xing diao shou (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Snake and the Eagle's Shadow (Philippines: English title)
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

98 min | Argentina:97 min | Germany:90 min | UK:92 min | USA:90 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (cut) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG

Company:

Seasonal Film Corporation

Trivia:

'Jackie Chan' got his front tooth knocked out by the powerful kick of Jang Lee Hwang. In the finale, the gap where Chan's tooth was is clearly seen.

Quotes:

Lord Sheng Kuan: [after Chien Fu surprises him with his new technique] That technique! That isn't Snake Fist style! What is that?
Chien Fu: Hmmph! Cat's Claw!
[Chien Fu proceeds to attack again]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Feng gui lai de ren (1983)

kicking and hitting and dubbing

Jackie Chan is pretty good in this movie, were he is an orphan who is mistreated by a kung fu club owner. Along comes the snake fist style master, who is hunted by the evil eagle claw men. Jackie learns the snake fist style, and combines it with the cat claw. This films has very entertaining dubbing and a few cool fighting sequences. The end scene where the snake fist style master stops a knife in mid air with his index finger and thumb and then breaks it effortlessly in two is worth the time seeing this movie. Great stuff.