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

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

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.