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Dance of the Drunken Mantis (1979) DVD
The plot
Beggar So returns home to find that his wife has adopted a boy named Foggy. Their uneasy relationship becomes part of a larger struggle when a rival fighter known as Rubber Legs challenges So with a style combining drunken boxing and mantis techniques. Yuen Woo-ping directs Yuen Siu-tien, Yuen Shun-yi and Hwang Jang-lee in this martial-arts comedy. Dance of the Drunken Mantis mixes family friction with unconventional training, letting Foggy’s search for his own fighting method drive a story of comic setbacks and increasingly demanding opponents.
- Format
- DVD-R
- Region Code
- Region Free / All Regions
- Video Standard
- NTSC
- Audio Track
- English, 5.1 Surround Sound
- Includes
- Standard DVD keepcase, high-quality outer cover artwork, and printed disc labels.
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More DVD details
Beggar So returns home to find that his wife has adopted a boy named Foggy. Their uneasy relationship becomes part of a larger struggle when a rival fighter known as Rubber Legs challenges So with a style combining drunken boxing and mantis techniques.
Yuen Woo-ping directs Yuen Siu-tien, Yuen Shun-yi and Hwang Jang-lee in this martial-arts comedy. Dance of the Drunken Mantis mixes family friction with unconventional training, letting Foggy’s search for his own fighting method drive a story of comic setbacks and increasingly demanding opponents.
Format: DVD-R
Audio: English, 5.1 Surround Sound
Region: Region Free / All Regions
Extras: None
Transfer: Digitally remastered
- Runtime
- Not confirmed
- Bonus features
- None
- Edition description
- Described as remastered; restoration details not confirmed
Listing artwork is shown. “Not confirmed” does not mean a feature is absent.
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Released: 1979
Starring: Siu-Tin Yuen · Jang-Lee Hwang · Linda Lin · Shun-Yee Yuen
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