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| The Shaolin Drunken Monk | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 螳螂醉八拳 |
| Directed by | Au-Yeung Jun |
| Starring | Gordon Liu Eagle Han-ying |
| Distributed by | Star Sea Motion Picture Co. |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Languages | Mandarin and Korean |
The Shaolin Drunken Monk is a 1981 kung fu film directed by Au Yeung Chun and Lau Ka-Liang, and produced by Ocean Shores.
After a kung-fu master is killed by his students and his wife forced into suicide, their son (Lao Chung) must run for his life. Eventually, Lao discovers a hermit who has history in Shaolin and drunken kung-fu and is taught kung-fu. To avenge his parents, Lao kidnaps the daughter of one of the men who betrayed his father in hope of luring him out. Through the process of defeating his minions Lao befriends a one-handed fighter out for similar revenge, and the daughter falls in love with Lao. Lao and the one-handed man team-up in a final battle to the death. When the fight is over the daughter commits suicide in grievance of her father's past deeds, death & Lao's role in them both.
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