Se Ying Diu Sau (1978)
Genre: Action / Comedy
Duration: 98 minuten
Alternative titles: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow / Hou Je Botten Bij Elkaar / 蛇形刁手
Country:
Hong-Kong
Directed by: Woo-Ping Yuen
Stars: Jackie Chan, Siu-Tin Yuen and Jeong-lee Hwang
IMDb score:
7,3 (13.993)
Releasedate: 1 March 1978
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Se Ying Diu Sau plot
Jackie is a poor boy who works at a kung-fu school. He can't do kung fu, but the other boys at the school do try their learned kung fu on him. One day, he rescues an old man who is being beaten up by evil students from Eagle Claw school. It turns out that the old man is the last master of the Snake Fist Style and he decides to become Jackie's teacher. The evil Eagle Claw master plans to eradicate the Snake Fist Style and thus wants to kill the old master and Jackie.
Actors and actresses
Chien Fu
Beggar, Pai Chang Tien
Master Shang Kuan Yin
Teacher Li
Priest
Master Chao Chi-Chih
Master Hung
Three Provinces Champ
Teacher Lian
Su Chen
Reviews & comments
wizard of midian
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- 164 messages
- 150 votes
This is imho the best Jackie Chan movie and maybe the best Kung Fu movie I've ever seen.
If you like kung fu movies and/or fighting movies, this movie is definitely recommended!
The fighting styles are nicely depicted:
the Snake style (finding the snake 
)
the Eagle style (with the 2 curved fingers and the claws)
the Praying Mantis (used only by the fighting champion chan is dueling)
the Cat Claw: meow! LOL
Good actors who play their roles fantastically:
The storyline is standard kung fu (rival schools, training, then boss fights with some drama and comedy thrown in). But never has it been so perfected as here.
TOP!
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frolunda
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- 1115 messages
- 4602 votes
One of Jackie Chan's breakthrough films, along with Drunken Master, released a little later in 1978. Also seen once, but the positively surprising Snake in the Eagle's Shadow/Se Ying Diu Sau has my preference, I think.
Under the guidance of the debuting director Woo-Ping Yuen, a fairly simple story about two rival Kung Fu schools, coupled with the even harder between two fighting styles (the Snake-Style versus the Eagle Claw) is well developed. This results in a very entertaining and atmospheric combination of physical comedy and excellent and versatile action. Jackie Chan (who I think is doing very well here) is initially not more like a servant/cleaner at one of the Kung Fu Schools. But after meeting the old and on the run Snake Style master Pai Chang-tien (superbly played by Yuen Siu-tien ) he is not only taught the noble martial art but also ends up in the middle of the conflict.
In the remainder of the film, the viewer is then presented with one excellent action scene after the other, which as we get closer to the ultimate showdown also increase in level, something in which the strong supporting cast certainly plays a large part. .
And despite the fact that Snake in the Eagle's Shadow occasionally stutters and contains some minor sloppiness, it has become a very nice film.
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mister blonde
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- 12709 messages
- 5848 votes
Woo ping Yuen and Jackie Chan are true heroes of Hong Kong cinema. This is great fun. Nice that this early work by this great director / choreographer and Jackie Chan is so good right from the start.
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