Movie
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow
1979 · 100 min
A classic kung fu revenge tale with earnest training montages and tense, acrobatic fights that build to a satisfying showdown.
- Directed by
- Cheung Sum
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Starring
- John Cheung Ng-Long, Hau Chiu-Sing, Tong Tin-Hei
- Overview
- When a poor young fishmonger is assaulted following a late delivery to a wealthy family, he attempts to join a drunken boxing school to learn self defense and befriends a monkey style kung fu artist, only to find that the family has employed two snake style kung fu experts as assassins.
- How it feels
- Earnest, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Revenge, survival, class, justice
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Cheung Sum
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Starring
- John Cheung Ng-Long, Hau Chiu-Sing, Tong Tin-Hei
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