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April 28, 2023

南北醉拳 Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979 Seasonal Film Corporation)

南北醉拳
Dance of the Drunk Mantis

《南北醉拳》是中国香港思远影业公司拍摄于1979年功夫喜剧片，由袁和平执导，袁小田、黄正利、元奎等领衔主演。影片讲述了南北两派用醉拳打斗故事。

Dance of the Drunk Mantis (Chinese: 南北醉拳) is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Yuen Siu-tien's real-life son Yuen Woo-ping, and produced by Ng See-yuen, who also writer with 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 from a heart attack. The film was released on 27 June 1979.

Starring
袁小田 Yuen Siu-tien, 袁信义 Yuen Shun-yi, 黄正利 Hwang Jang-lee, 元奎 Yuen Kwai, 林瑛 Linda Lin Ying, 石天 Dean Shek, 任世官, 袁振洋 Brandy Yuen

Plot
One year after training a young Freddy Wong (Jackie Chan) in Drunken Master, Beggar So / Sam Seed returns to find that his wife has adopted a son named Foggy. Sam takes a disliking to the boy and tortures him mentally and physically. Devastated, the boy runs away and takes a job at an inn, where he meets Rubber Legs and his student. He overhears that they are looking for Beggar So and want to kill him, making Rubber Legs' Northern 'Drunk Mantis' Boxing supreme. However, Foggy returns home to warn Beggar So, who has been injured by Rubber Legs. Beggar So sends Foggy to a sickness teacher for herbs to cure him, and the doctor teaches him a dreaded style called 'Sickness Boxing'. Now, armed with this sick form of fighting, Foggy is ready for Drunk Mantis. In the end, Foggy goes berserk and kills Rubber Legs. Unable to escape from his trance, he sees Rubber Legs when he looks at Beggar So and attacks him. The film closes with a freeze frame as Foggy leaps after his adopted father as the doctor watches on.

剧情
醉拳，原本不分南北，后来逐步演变，分为南北醉拳，南醉拳的首领是苏花子，讲究一套炉火纯青的醉八仙，纵横湖广一带，从未遇到敌手；北醉拳的佼佼者是沧州千醉翁，他有一套醉螳螂，凌厉狠毒，而为人心高气傲，不服苏花子，于是决计带着徒弟专程南下寻找苏花子决一死战。苏蒙是苏花子的义子，为人忠厚老实，但是笨头笨脑，没有灵性，苏花子认为他不是学武术的料，于是不愿意教授他武功。苏蒙只得外出，在一家酒店打工当服务员，一日，千醉翁带着徒弟来住店，顺便打听苏花子的下落，第二日早晨，千醉翁的徒弟叫苏蒙打水给他洗脸，苏蒙不愿意去，两人动手打斗起来，结果三脚猫功夫的苏蒙被打得半死，千醉翁为了引出苏花子，故意放走苏蒙，苏蒙回到家中，千醉翁也跟踪了去。千醉翁于是邀请苏花子赴会，两人在餐桌上打斗了一番，千醉翁越战越勇，眼见苏花子就要被击毙，苏蒙推开门，丢了一把凳子过去，千醉翁才退避一下，苏花子急忙拉着苏蒙逃走了。负伤的苏花子躺在家中养伤，苏蒙去给他抓药，归途中遇到了一个睡在棺材中的人，那人叫“病君”，他把苏蒙抓的药掉了包，苏蒙拿着药回去煮给父亲喝，谁知苏花子喝了之后，上吐下泻，苏蒙得知可能是被掉包了，于是跑回去找病君算账，两人打斗一番，苏蒙才知道原来病君是“书、卜、病、酒”四大高手之一，是苏蒙的师叔，苏蒙请求病君教授他武功，病君于是开始把克制醉螳螂的功夫“病拳”教授给他，苏蒙练成之后，杀掉了千醉翁和他的徒弟。

Cast and Character 演员阵容与角色
袁信义 Yuen Shun-yi 饰演苏蒙
苏花子的干儿子，病君的弟子，击杀千醉翁和他的徒弟。