Dance of the Drunk Mantis

Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Directed by	Yuen Woo-ping
Written by	Ng See-yuen; Lung Hsiao
Produced by	Ng See-yuen
Starring	Yuen Siu-tien; Hwang Jang-lee; Linda Lin; Yuen Shun-yi; Charlie Shek; Yuen Kwai
Cinematography	Cheung Hoi
Edited by	Pan Hsiung; Allan Poon
Music by	Chen Fei-chi
Distributed by	Seasonal Film Corporation
Release date	27 June 1979;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Dance of the Drunk Mantis (Chinese: 南北醉拳) is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Siu-tien's real life son Yuen Woo-ping and written by Ng See-yuen and Lung Hsiao. It stars Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Linda Lin, Yuen Shun-yi, Charlie Shek and Yuen Kwai. This was Yuen Siu-tien's final film appearance before his death on 8 January 1979. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 27 June 1979.

Plot

One year after training a young Freddy Wong (Jackie Chan) in Drunken Master, Beggar So / Sam Seed returns to find that his wife has adopted a son named Foggy. Sam takes a disliking to the boy and tortures him mentally and physically. Devastated, the boy runs away and takes a job at an inn, where he meets Rubber Legs and his student. He overhears that they are looking for Beggar So and want to kill him, making Rubber Legs' Northern 'Drunk Mantis' Boxing supreme.

However, Foggy returns home to warn Beggar So, who has been injured by Rubber Legs. Beggar So sends Foggy to a sickness teacher for herbs to cure him, and the doctor teaches him a dreaded style called 'Sickness Boxing'. Now, armed with this sick form of fighting, Foggy is ready for Drunk Mantis. In the end, Foggy goes berserk and kills Rubber Legs. Unable to escape from his trance, he sees Rubber Legs when he looks at Beggar So and attacks him. The film closes with a freeze frame as Foggy leaps after his adopted father as the doctor watches on.