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
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.