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なつかし香港映画:"The Fearless Hyena"(1979:Jackie Chan)

「なつかしの香港映画ブログ」A grandfather and his grandson (Jackie Chan) chased by the Qing dynasty fight killers. Humorous kung fu from Hong Kong.

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Cast
1. Ching Shing Lung (Jackie Chan)
A young man who lives with his grandfather. He is good at kung fu, but he hasn't got a regular job.
(Action star who can do anything from serious kung fu to comical police action. "Drunken Master" (1978), "Winners and Sinners" (1983), "Project A" (1983), "The Armor of God" (1986), "Dragons Forever" (1988), etc.)

2. Ching Peng-fei (James Tien)
Shing Lung's grandfather. He is a master of kung fu and is being chased by the Qing dynasty.
(Actor who often plays bad guys and traitors. He played a brave young man in "The Big Boss" (1971) and a bad boss in "Winners and Sinners" (1983). "Half A Loaf Of Kung-Fu!" ( 1978), etc.)

3. Unicorn (Chen Hui-Lou)
A man who belongs to the same kung fu group as Shing Lung's grandfather. He teaches Shing Lung a secret kung fu technique.
(In "To Kill With Intrigue" (1977), he played a member of the rogue group "Bloody Rain".)

4. The coffin seller (Dean Shek)
Shining Lung, ordered by his grandfather to work, tries to work in a coffin shop. The scene where the coffin seller explains to Shining Lung how to work is comical.
(King of Comedy in Hong Kong, especially the role of a weird man. He has co-starred with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung many times in kung fu movies. "Half A Loaf Of Kung-Fu!" (1978), "Snake In The Eagle's Shadow" (1978), "Drunken Master" (1978), "Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog" (1980), "Odd Couple" (1979), etc.)

5. Great Bear (Cheng Fu-Hung)
One of the trio gambling illegally. They try to get back the money that Shing Lung earned by winning the game.
(In "The Contract" (1978), he comically played a villain chasing Michael Hui with his iron claws. He's a big body, but when he laughs, he looks really humorous.)

6. Ma Chiang (Iron Head)
One of the trio gambling illegally. His specialty is head-butting. Can he beat Shing Lung with that head?
(In "The Killer Meteors" (1977), he played one of the "Four Bodyguards" who protects an evil lady. Note the scene where he confronts Jimmy Wang.)

7. Dojo owner (Lee Kwan)
A man who has wisdom but cannot do kung fu. To make money, he offers Shing Lung a lucrative job training his students and fighting against the top fighters from rival kung fu schools.
(A comical actor. "The Big Boss" (1971), "Games Gamblers Play" (1974), "Spiritual Kung-Fu" (1978), "A FIST FULL OF TALONS" (1982), etc.)

8. Yen Chuen Wong (Yen Shi-Kwan)
Qing dynasty assassin. His role is to eliminate the fighters who get in the way of the Qing dynasty. Along with his three minions, he pursues Shing Lung's grandfather's kung fu group with all his might.
(In "Dragon Fist" (1979), he played "the strongest man in the kung fu world.")

Scenes
・Jackie's humorous kung fu
・Comical characters (The coffin seller, Dojo owner, Great Bear, etc.)
・Scenes where Yen Chuen Wong defeats fighters
・Scene where Shing Lung learns kung fu from his grandfather
・Shing Lung vs. The coffin seller 
・Shing Lung vs. Gambling trio (comical scene)
・Shing Lung's hard training
・Last Battle "Shing Lung vs. Yen Chuen Wong & His minions"

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