Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)

Original title

瘋猴

Directed by

Lau Kar-leung

Genre

comedy film, action film, martial arts film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A martial arts master is crippled by a rival in a scheme to ruin his reputation. He later trains a young street kid in his unique monkey style kung fu to get revenge.

playfulvengefulunderdogenergeticdeterminedfast-pacedlightheartedphysical

What happens

Mad Monkey Kung Fu (Chinese: 瘋猴; pinyin: fēng hóu; Jyutping: fung1 hau4) is a 1979 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Later, the film was released on DVD by Dragon Dynasty. Besides directing Mad Monkey Kung Fu, Lau Kar-Leung, (also known as Liu Chia-liang) plays the lead character who is crippled by the villain in a devious plot that defames the martial arts master. The character later goes on to teach a young vagrant his unique monkey style kung-fu, who then avenges his shame. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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