The Shaolin Drunken Monk

The Shaolin Drunken Monk
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.
Release date	1 October 1981 (1981-10-01)
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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Gordon Liu as Lau Chung
• Eagle Han-ying as Wong Kin Chung
• Chang Mi-hee as Ying Ying
• Kim Jae Woo as One armed master
• Chin Yuet-San as Yashiro
• Kwon Il Soo as Master Chung
• Hyun Kil Soo as Lau Chung`s old master

External links

• The Shaolin Drunken Monk at IMDb