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Drunken Master (1978)

1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping

Released
5 October 1978
Country
Hong Kong
Language
Yue Chinese
Genre
Martial arts film
Director
Yuen Woo-ping
Screenplay
Ng See-yuen, Lung Hsiao
Producer
Ng See-yuen
Music
Stanley Chow Fook-Leung
Cinematography
Cheung Hoi
Starring
Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Lam Kau
Running time
110 minutes
Production company
Seasonal Film Corporation, Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Distributor
InterCom
Set in
Guangdong

Drunken Master (Chinese: 醉拳; lit. 'Drunken Fist and Jui Kuen'), also known as Drunken Master The Beginning, is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and produced and co-written by Ng See-yuen. The film features much of the same crew as Yuen's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow released earlier the same year, including lead actors Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien (Woo-ping's father), and Hwang Jang-lee; although narratively unrelated, Drunken Master bears similarities to its predecessor in its story and style.

Drunken Master features Chan and Yuen Siu-tien as fictionalized versions of martial artists Wong Fei-hung and Beggar So; in the film, Wong is an irreverent young man forced under the fierce tutelage of So, master of the drunken fighting style; although the two do not originally get along, Wong eventually gains humility and respect for So.

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Facts from Wikidata Q838514 (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.