Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979)

1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping

Released

27 June 1979

Country

British Hong Kong

Language

Cantonese

Genre

Martial arts film, Kung fu film

Director

Yuen Woo-ping

Screenplay

Ng See-yuen

Producer

Ng See-yuen

Starring

Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Corey Yuen, Yuen Shun-yi, Yen Shi-Kwan

Running time

90 minutes

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.

More films directed by Yuen Woo-ping

• Snake in the Eagle's Shadow 1978
• Drunken Master 1978
• Magnificent Butcher 1979
• Dreadnaught 1981
• The Miracle Fighters 1982
• Legend of a Fighter 1982
• Shaolin Drunkard 1983
• Drunken Tai Chi 1984
• Mismatched Couples 1985
• Tiger Cage 1988
• In the Line of Duty 4: Witness 1989
• Tiger Cage 2 1990
• Iron Monkey 1993
• Heroes Among Heroes 1993
• Wing Chun 1994
• Fire Dragon 1994
• Tai Chi Master 1996
• Iron Monkey 2 1996
• House of Fury 2005
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny 2016

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3207962 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.