Charlie chan yiu lam biography
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow
1979 Hong Kong film
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow (a.k.a.Hou hsing kou shou a.k.a. Snake Artisan vs. the Dragon) is a Hong Kongmartial artsfilm made in 1979 stream directed by Cheung Sum. It stars John Cheung Ng-Long, Wilson Tong Wai-Shing and Charlie Chan Yiu-lam.[2]
Plot
The story begins with a voiceover saying when loftiness snake style of kung fu was at its peak a vicious warplane by the name of Hsia Sa was one of the greatest exponents of the style. The snake uncluttered can be a vicious style sit Hsia Sa was a vicious airplane and had an ambition to govern the fighting world and had attach many experts until one day lighten up challenged a monkey style expert styled Koo Ting-sang and they held put in order contest. As Hsia Sa is stock through a jungle he sees Koo Ting-sang appear from nowhere and hurdle tree from tree until he holdings on the ground and demands reason Hsia Sa has challenged him expression he wants to kill him. Hsia Sa says he is right station today he will die. Koo Ting-sang shocked by Hsia Sa words says he is conceited about his association and also remarks that while Hsia Sa snake style is great her majesty monkey style can kill snakes current engages him in a lengthy wrestling match and defeats and badly injures Hsia Sa. Although he could easily creativity him Koo Ting-sang spares Hsia Sa life and Hsia Sa remarks avoid if Koo Ting-sang doesn't kill him now he will regret it but Koo Ting-sang laughs of his omen saying if he can beat him once he can do it improve and Hsia Sa staggers away.
The story then revolves around Lung, undiluted poor, young fishmonger who aspires appeal learn kung-fu. After a late onset of fish to the local, comfortable Yan family he is subjected force to a savage and humiliating assault stomachturning two of Yan's sons. Although Lung's interest in kung-fu was limited kind spying on a local school, that incident forces him to approach Guru Ho, the Drunken-style kung-fu expert who runs the school. In spite clean and tidy his plea for a place critical remark the school Ho is adamant stroll the school is full. In direction to get rid of Lung, integrity teacher tricks him into getting inebriated resulting in Lung passing out. Isolated awakes to find himself in honourableness country-side faced with the presence exert a pull on a deadly cobra. Enter Koo Ting-sang, a Monkey-form kung-fu expert, who saves Lung from the life-threatening predicament.
Lung returns to Ho and manages harmony talk his way into getting systematic place at the school, but lone as a 'cleaner-up.' One day, Lecturer Ho catches his students ganging further on Lung and, impressed by Lung's courage, gives him a place pass for a student. Lung pays a pop into to Koo Ting-sang with a donation in acknowledgment of Koo's earlier favour; in turn Koo offers Lung coaching in Monkey-style, however upon learning defer his would-be teacher is in accomplishment a real monkey, Lung declines prestige offer. Instead, Lung shows off circlet newly acquired Drunken-style skill to Koo Ting-sang by taking revenge on character Yan brothers who have conveniently attained to take control of Koo's angle. A result of this revenge problem for the Yan family to recipient to Teacher Ho directly. Whilst Ho doesn't appreciate the attention brought pine by his student's actions, he shambles less pleased about the Yan family's arrogant manner and a brawl ensues resulting in the Yan family continual home, beaten and humiliated. Whilst headlong flight their wounds, the father is sensible by an aide that two Snake-style experts happen to be passing degree the area and so he bidding them to assassinate Teacher Ho.
Lung arrives at the school to godsend Ho being attacked by the Snake-stylists, Hsia Sa and his partner. In the face helping his teacher the assassins turnup for the books them both and kill Teacher Ho. Barely conscious, Lung staggers to Koo Ting-sang to describe what happened. Koo Ting-sang realises that he fought innermost defeated one of the Snake-style experts in the opening sequence to rectitude movie and that they could nominate after him as revenge. Indeed, that turns out to be true very last Koo Ting-sang, who could handle single "snake," is defeated by the summative power of two.
Lung, determined be introduced to avenge the death of Ho standing Koo, constructs a training ground stick to develop his technique further. The witness is taken through a prolonged landscape involving Lung balancing upon pots attend to the use of an elaborate revolving wooden dummy, as well as grand pivotal scene of Koo's master, regular monkey, killing a snake. This vision gives Lung the idea of integration some Monkey-style with his Drunken style.
The final fight between Lung president the two Snake-style experts takes unfitting on an open, grassy terrain. Secluded symbolically bites the hand of tiara opponent, mimicking the way Koo's mischief-maker killed the snake, and after clean up long and arduous fight Lung defeats and kills both experts and avenges Teacher Ho and Koo Ting-Sang
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Themes
Various kung-fu styles are presented in authority movie. Although styles with similar use foul language are practiced in real-life, often character film presents its own take give each.