Plot Summary

Young Wong FEI-hung, a future Chinese folk hero, defender of the poor and downtrodden in his youth was very pernicious and impertinent. So much that the father sent the son to the unmanaged uncle, a famous master of kung fu and a great expert in two things: drinking alcoholic beverages and dislodging of the arrogant fool youngsters. Not surprisingly, the hero escapes from his uncle-a sadistic at the first opportunity. Alas, immediately beaten and humiliated gangster-Pro, he returns back to Drunken Master. Have him gritting his teeth, endure parenting practices Jesuit uncle, so then, knowing all the intricacies of martial arts to avenge his assailant, who, moreover, is going to kill his father

Did You Know?

In many scenes of the fighting 66-year-old yuan Saatana duplicate his sons — Yuen Cheung-Yan and directed by Yuen Woo-Ping.

To achieve the effect of a drunk person, Jackie Chan in a few minutes stood her head lowered, so that the blood rushed to his face.

The box office success of "Drunken master" was, by the standards of Hong Kong are phenomenal: 8 million Hong Kong dollars for the first season of hire, and by 1979, it broke box office record set before Bruce Lee.

During the filming of Jackie Chan performing stunt fell off the table onto the floor and hurt his eyes, almost losing it. In the hospital the eye has been sewn up by electricity (Jackie said, "No needles"). And when the eye healed, it was wider than the other. And then I decided to do cosmetic surgery.

The character of Jackie Chan Huang Feihong a real figure in Chinese history, martial arts master, healer and revolutionary. He became a hero of Chinese folklore and many times appeared in movies and TV programs of Hong Kong. Another character, su Hai — also a real historical person.

In the dubbed version of Wong FEI hung has been renamed to the Freddie Wong, a Beggar and He became sid, and Yang — Lightning leg.

Was filmed, but never released, second stage training, in which Wong FEI-hung is studying additional exercises drunken Boxing on the front lawn With Chaya, when some Chinese characters are the Foundation of every exercise. Despite the fact that this moment was carved on the covers of video tapes and DVDs around the world depicted a frame from this scene where Jackie Chan lifts a foot and holding a tea Cup and a jug of wine. This scene can be seen in the DVD release from "Hong Kong Legends" and in the documentary "Cinema of Vengeance".