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title: 'Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yuen Woo-ping'
released: '1979-06-27'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'British Hong Kong'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dance-of-the-drunk-mantis-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079609/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979)

1979 · 90 min · Comedy, Action · British Hong Kong

Original title: 南北醉拳

## Synopsis

Dance of the Drunk Mantis is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Siu-tien's real life son Yuen Woo-ping and written by Ng See-yuen and Lung Hsiao. It stars Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Linda Lin, Yuen Shun-yi, Charlie Shek and Yuen Kwai. This was Yuen Siu-tien's final film appearance before his death on 8 January 1979. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 27 June 1979.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yuen Woo-ping](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuen-woo-ping)
- **Screenplay:** [Ng See-yuen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ng-see-yuen)
- **Producer:** [Ng See-yuen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ng-see-yuen)

## Cast

- [Yuen Siu-tien](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuen-siu-tien)
- [Hwang Jang-lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/hwang-jang-lee)
- [Dean Shek](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-shek)
- [Corey Yuen](https://cinepixo.com/people/corey-yuen)
- [Yuen Shun-yi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuen-shun-yi)
- [Yen Shi-Kwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yen-shi-kwan)

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