Taoism Drunkard
1984 Hong Kong film by Yuen Cheung-yan
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Taoism Drunkard (鬼馬天師; Guǐ mǎ tiān shī), also known as Drunken Wu-Tang,[1] is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Yuen Cheung-yan, who also stars in the film alongside his brother Yuen Yat-chor;[2] the two are part of the sibling filmmaking team known as the Yuen Brothers or the Yuen Clan, who produced the similarly themed Shaolin Drunkard (1983).[3]
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| Traditional Chinese | 鬼馬天師 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鬼马天师 | ||||||
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| Directed by | Yuen Cheung-yan | ||||||
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| Distributed by | Ocean Shores Video[1] | ||||||
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Running time | 95 minutes | ||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||
Reception
In their 1995 book The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies, authors Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer and Ric Meyers gave Taoism Drunkard a score of two-and-a-half out of four stars, calling it "one of the strangest kung fu comedies we've ever seen".[4]
