The Dragon's Snake Fist
| The Dragon`s Snake Fist 血戰五形拳 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Godfrey Ho Kim Si-Hyun |
| Starring |
Dragon Lee Yuen Qiu Gam Kei-Chu Martin Chui Man-Fooi |
| Distributed by | IFD Films & Arts Ltd. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Language | Korean |
The Dragon`s Snake Fist (Also known as Disciple of Yong-mun Depraved Monk or Dragon Force) is 1981 Korean and Hong Kong martial art movie directed by Godfrey Ho and starring Dragon Lee.
Plot
Once upon a time there are two fighters Chu Man King and Master Wai who were from different kung fu style (Snake fist and Crane fist) and meet for the duel secretly. The loser must leave the town and allow the winner to his art in peace. Chu Man King wins and Master Wai was upset and plan for the revenge. Several years after the duel, Chu Man King decided to send his students across the land to spread his Snake fist art.
Along the way one of Chu Man King`s best student Dragon Wu is attacked by the Wai`s son and his gang from the Crane fist school. When they figured out that Wu was from the Snake fist school they decided to teach him a lesson. However they decided to let him go when his sister reminded him that their father (Master Wai) found out what happened he would not be pleased. So they decided to let Wu go. Wu continues his journey for his village for his new Snake fist school and to marry his arranged bride. His do not go smoothly since the students from the Crane fist school interrupted Wu`s plan, however Wu still done his job done. Mean while, old Master Wai is still bitter over his defeat all those years ago and one of his legs is completely useless. He kept this as a secret from his son and daughter.
However Wai's son wanted to know the truth and he decided to send a fake birthday invitation to Master Chu so he can have a duel with him. When Master Wai finds out his son's action, he is furious and tells him to stop it. Wai's son pays no attention to his father's advice and decides to take revenge on Master Chu and destroy all the Snake fist school. Even worse, Wai's son kidnaps Wu`s wife and Wu decides to destroy the Crane fist school.
Cast
- Dragon Lee as Dragon Wu
- Martin Chui Man-Fooi as Master Wai
- Gam Kei-Chu as Master Chu Man King
- Yuen Qiu as Master Wai`s daughter (as Phoenix Kim)
- Kim Young Suk as Master Wai`s son
- Seo Jeong-Ah as Jen (Wu`s arranged wife)
- Moon Jeong Kum
- Bruce Lai as Invincible Tiger (as Chang Yi-Tao)
- Gam Gei-Fan as Mr.Lau (Master Wai`s assistant)
Media Release
The movie was release through with the VHS by IFD films and Arts, later on it was released in Hong Kong through VCD with rare Mandarin dubbed version. Around in 2000, it was release through DVD however with the simple VHS recording DVD. In 2009, the company Rarescope who will release numerous Kung Fu movies on DVD attempted to release the movie with the remastered version, however the official release of the DVD has been canceled however the unreleased remastered version will later on could find on YouTube (which now it has been deleted from the public domain movie category due to the copyright.). In 2015, the British company Terracotta Distribution who has been released the movies in remastered addition (such as Shanghai 13, Hero of Shaolin and others) officially released the DVD with the trailer, with the region PAL is has been fully remastered with Digital stereo.