Before You Watch The Video Below, First A little Background About The Movie:
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his directorial debut. It stars Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee, and Yuen Woo-ping’s real life father, Yuen Siu-tien. The film’s plot is about Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan who is bullied at a kung fu school, meeting an old beggar, Pai Cheng-tien (Yuen Siu-tien), who becomes his sifu (teacher) and trains him in Snake Kung Fu.
Right after this film, Yuen Woo-ping directed Drunken Master, released in the same year, which also starred Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee and Yuen Siu-tien. The film established Chan’s slap-stick kung fu comedy style which he further developed with Drunken Master, while also establishing the basic plot structure used in many martial arts films internationally since then.
Box office:
At the Hong Kong box office, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow earned HK$2,708,748.20 (US$578,792) , becoming the 13th-highest-grossing film of the year. In South Korea, it was the second-highest-grossing film of 1979 (behind Jackie Chan’s Drunken Master), with 765,930
box admissions in Seoul, equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately ₩1,148.9 million (US$2,373,760) Combined, the film grossed an estimated total of approximately US$2,952,552 in East Asia, equivalent to US$13 million adjusted for inflation.
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Sequel:
In 1979, a film titled Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow II a.k.a. Snaky Knight Fight Against Mantis (or Snaky Knight Fights the Mantis) was released. It was directed by Chang Hsin-yi and starred Wang Tao. However, the film was not a true sequel, rather it was an attempt by the studio to capitalise on the success of the original film. Footage including a montage and a fight scene from Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow were spliced into the film. Chan’s image was also used on the cover of some versions.