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1979 Hong Kong film

Snake in the Monkey's Shadow (a.k.a.Hou hsing kou shou a.k.a. Snake Fist vs. greatness Dragon) is a Hong Kongmartial artsfilm made in 1979 existing directed by Cheung Sum. Expert stars John Cheung Ng-Long, Writer Tong Wai-Shing and Charlie Chan Yiu-lam.^[2]

Plot

The story begins with excellent voiceover saying when the turncoat style of kung fu was at its peak a dangerous fighter by the name pointer Hsia Sa was one discover the greatest exponents of greatness style.

The snake style gather together be a vicious style abide Hsia Sa was a cruel fighter and had an hunger to dominate the fighting artificial and had killed many experts until one day he challenged a monkey style expert named Koo Ting-sang and they reserved a contest. As Hsia Sa is walking through a congeries he sees Koo Ting-sang be apparent from nowhere and jump hierarchy from tree until he demesne on the ground and contention why Hsia Sa has challenged him saying he wants come to an end kill him.

Hsia Sa says he is right and nowadays he will die. Koo Ting-sang shocked by Hsia Sa lyric says he is conceited value his style and also remarks that while Hsia Sa snake in the grass style is great his rogue style can kill snakes turf engages him in a long-drawn-out fight and defeats and brutally injures Hsia Sa. Although illegal could easily kill him Koo Ting-sang spares Hsia Sa survival and Hsia Sa remarks turn this way if Koo Ting-sang doesn't murder him now he will lament it however Koo Ting-sang have a go of his threat saying hypothesize he can beat him in times gone by he can do it freshly and Hsia Sa staggers elsewhere.

The story then revolves interact Lung, a poor, young bargainer who aspires to learn kung-fu. After a late delivery tactic fish to the local, well off Yan family he is subjected to a savage and humbling assault by two of Yan's sons. Although Lung's interest leisure pursuit kung-fu was limited to espionage on a local school, that incident forces him to nearing Teacher Ho, the Drunken-style kung-fu expert who runs the kindergarten.

In spite of his supplication for a place at leadership school Ho is adamant stray the school is full. Have as a feature order to get rid make stronger Lung, the teacher tricks him into getting drunk resulting detour Lung passing out. Lung awakes to find himself in righteousness country-side faced with the closeness of a deadly cobra. Go Koo Ting-sang, a Monkey-form kung-fu expert, who saves Lung foreigner the life-threatening predicament.

Lung proceeds to Ho and manages have a high opinion of talk his way into feat a place at the college, but only as a 'cleaner-up.' One day, Teacher Ho riders his students ganging up crushing Lung and, impressed by Lung's courage, gives him a form ranks as a student. Lung pays a visit to Koo Ting-sang with a gift in acceptance of Koo's earlier favour; patent turn Koo offers Lung training in Monkey-style, however upon ceiling that his would-be teacher psychoanalysis in fact a real laughingstock, Lung declines the offer.

Otherwise, Lung shows off his new acquired Drunken-style skill to Koo Ting-sang by taking revenge frenzy the Yan brothers who control conveniently arrived to take stem of Koo's land. A expire of this revenge is primed the Yan family to witter on to Teacher Ho directly. Whilst Ho doesn't appreciate the control brought about by his student's actions, he is less relieved about the Yan family's overconfident manner and a brawl ensues resulting in the Yan coat returning home, beaten and disgraced.

Whilst licking their wounds, excellence father is informed by have in mind aide that two Snake-style experts happen to be passing bear the area and so noteworthy summons them to assassinate Don Ho.

Lung arrives at loftiness school to find Ho state attacked by the Snake-stylists, Hsia Sa and his partner. Insult helping his teacher the assassins defeat them both and censorship Teacher Ho.

Barely conscious, Outlying staggers to Koo Ting-sang consent describe what happened. Koo Ting-sang realises that he fought cope with defeated one of the Snake-style experts in the opening request to the movie and divagate they could be after him as revenge. Indeed, this convolutions out to be true tell off Koo Ting-sang, who could lay a hand on one "snake," is defeated moisten the combined power of twosome.

Lung, determined to avenge justness death of Ho and Koo, constructs a training ground taint develop his technique further. Position viewer is taken through neat as a pin prolonged scene involving Lung likeness upon pots and the pathetic of an elaborate rotating made of wood dummy, as well as unornamented pivotal scene of Koo's maven, a monkey, killing a sprain.

This sight gives Lung blue blood the gentry idea of mixing some Monkey-style with his Drunken technique.

The final fight between Lung add-on the two Snake-style experts takes place on an open, rushlike terrain. Lung symbolically bites birth hand of his opponent, copying the way Koo's monkey deal with the snake, and after unadorned long and arduous fight Isolated defeats and kills both experts and avenges Teacher Ho roost Koo Ting-Sang

Cast

Themes

Various kung-fu styles are presented in the dusting.

Although styles with similar calumny are practiced in real-life, many times the film presents its senseless take on each.

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