Snake in the Monkey's Shadow (1979)
Original title: Hou hsing kou shou
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A young peasant boy who is bullied by local noblemen seeks to learn drunken boxing from the head of a local martial arts school. When the boy beats up his previous tormentors, the nobles patriarch challenges the boys teacher, the drunken master, who defeats the lot of them. Embarrased, the nobles retain two hired snake style killers. They kill everyone except the peasant boy.
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John CheungLiangTong Tin-HeiMaster Yan
Kang-Yeh ChengYan #2
Wilson TongSnake Style Assassin
Hau Chiu-SingTeacher Ho
Charlie Chan Yiu-LamHsia SaPomson ShiKoo Ting Sang
John Cheung Ng-LongLiangKeywords
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What is Snake in the Monkey's Shadow about?
A young peasant boy who is bullied by local noblemen seeks to learn drunken boxing from the head of a local martial arts school. When the boy beats up his previous tormentors, the nobles patriarch challenges the boys teacher, the drunken master, who defeats the lot of them. Embarrased, the nobles retain two hired snake style killers. They kill everyone except the peasant boy.
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Snake in the Monkey's Shadow has a runtime of 100 minutes.
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