Sleeping Fist
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| Sleeping Fist | |
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 Film poster | |
| Traditional Chinese | 睡拳怪招 |
| Simplified Chinese | 睡拳怪招 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shuì Quán Guài Zhāo |
| Jyutping | Seoi6 Kyun4 Kwaai3 Ziu1 |
| Directed by | Teddy Yip |
| Screenplay by | Cheung San-yee |
| Produced by | Stanley Chow |
| Starring | Bryan Leung Yuen Siu-tien |
| Edited by | Cheung Kwok-kuen |
| Music by | Stanley Chow |
Production company | East Asia (HK) Films |
| Distributed by | Goldig Films (HK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$1,204,494.50 |
Sleeping Fist is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Teddy Yip and starring Bryan Leung and Yuen Siu-tien.
Plainclothes policeman Kam Tai-fat (Bryan Leung) discovers the crimes committed by Cho Tin-pa (Eddy Ko) and plans to report it to the capitol. When Cho discovers this, he sends a group of thugs to hunt Kam down. One day, Kam was severely beaten by Cho's thug and there, he meets Kid (Wong Yat-lung), a street urchin who rescues him and takes him to his master Old Fox (Yuen Siu-tien).
One day, Kid was injured in a fight with local bullies. Seeing this, Fox decides to teach Kam and Kid the martial arts style of Sleeping Fist. Fox, Kam and Kid then sets foot to Shang Wei martial arts school to teach a lesson to the bullies who injured Kid earlier. The trio easily defeat them. Feeling humiliated, Shang Wei school hires Cho, a master of Eagle Claw, to seek revenge.
Cast
- Bryan Leung as Kam Tai-fat
- Yuen Siu-tien as Old Fox
- Wong Yat-lung as Kid
- Suen Lam
- Au-yeung Ling-lung as The girl
- Ma Chin-ku
- Eddy Ko as Cho Tai-pa
- Weng Hsiao-hu
- Ching Kuo-chung
- Au Lap-po as Waiter
- Shih Ting-ken
- Chik Ngai-hung
- Siu Tak-fu
- Law Hon
- Chow Kam-kong as Student
- Chu Ko as Rascal