Snake in the Monkey's Shadow(猴形扣手)
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Hong Kong · 1979
Rated R · 1h 40m
Director Cheung Sum
Starring Tong Tin-Hei, Cheng Kang-Yeh, Wilson Tong, Hau Chiu-Sing
Genre Action, Drama
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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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