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The Fearless Hyena (1979)
笑拳怪招
- Year
- 1979
- Art
- Kung fu
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Director
- Jackie Chan
- Cast
- Jackie Chan, James Tien, Dean Shek, Yen Shi-Kwan
- Running time
- 97 min
Synopsis
Lung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather’s clan. When the general recognizes Lung’s style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung’s grandfather and kills him.
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Why it matters
“The Fearless Hyena” is a 1979 film directed by Jackie Chan (Hong Kong). Starring Jackie Chan, James Tien and Dean Shek. 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
Official channel: 88 Films · YouTube (youtube-nocookie)
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