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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
蛇形刁手
- Year
- 1978
- Art
- Kung fu
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Director
- Yuen Woo-ping
- Cast
- Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Fung Hak-On
- Running time
- 98 min
Synopsis
Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
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Why it matters
“Snake in the Eagle's Shadow” is a 1978 film directed by Yuen Woo-ping (Hong Kong). Starring Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien and Hwang Jang-lee. It belongs to kung fu cinema’s golden decade, when Hong Kong studios such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest took Chinese martial arts to the world. To learn about the art itself, see our Kung fu page.
Official trailer
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