Drunken Master(Movie, 1978)

Drunken Master and also known as Drunken Master The Beginning Chinese: 醉拳; lit. 'Drunken Fist and Jui Kuen' is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping. The film features much of the same crew as Yuen's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow released earlier the same year, including lead actors Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien, and Hwang Jang-lee; although narratively unrelated, Drunken Master bears similarities to Snake in the Eagle's Shadow in its story and style. Drunken Master was a large success at the Hong Kong box office, earning two and a half times the revenue of the already-successful Snake in the Eagle's Shadow. It is considered an early milestone of the kung fu comedy genre that established Jackie Chan as one of Asia's most popular actors, and popularised the Zui Quan ("drunken fist") infused with a unique animal-f... ()