Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
1979 film by Lau Kar-leung
- Released
- 5 October 1979
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese, Yue Chinese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Lau Kar-leung
- Screenplay
- Ni Kuang
- Producer
- Mona Fong, Run Run Shaw
- Cinematography
- Arthur Wong
- Starring
- Kara Wai, Lau Kar-leung, Lo Lieh, Hsiao Ho
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Production company
- Shaw Brothers Studio
- Distributor
- Shaw Brothers Studio
- Box office
- HK$2 million
Mad Monkey Kung Fu (Chinese: 瘋猴; pinyin: fēng hóu; Jyutping: fung1 hau4) is a 1979 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung.
Later, the film was released on DVD by Dragon Dynasty.
Besides directing Mad Monkey Kung Fu, Lau Kar-Leung, (also known as Liu Chia-liang) plays the lead character who is crippled by the villain in a devious plot that defames the martial arts master. The character later goes on to teach a young vagrant his unique monkey style kung-fu, who then avenges his shame.
More films directed by Lau Kar-leung
- Deadly Strike 1973
- Challenge of the Masters 1976
- Executioners from Shaolin 1977
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 1978
- Heroes of the East 1978
- Shaolin Mantis 1978
- Dirty Ho 1979
- Return to the 36th Chamber 1980
- Martial Club 1981
- My Young Auntie 1981
- Cat vs. Rat 1982
- Legendary Weapons of China 1982
- The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984
- Martial Arts of Shaolin 1986
- Tiger on Beat 1988
- Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit 1989
- Drunken Master II 1994
- Drunken Master III 1994
- Drunken Monkey 2003
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Facts from Wikidata Q3227207 (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.