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Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 15, 1979

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Action, Drama

User Score

75%

Original Title

猴形扣手

Director

Cheung Sum

Description

A young peasant boy who is bullied by local noblemen seeks to learn drunken boxing from the head of a local martial arts school. When the boy beats up his previous tormentors, the nobles patriarch challenges the boys teacher, the drunken master, who defeats the lot of them. Embarrased, the nobles retain two hired snake style killers. They kill everyone except the peasant boy.