Dragon Fist

Dragon Fist, also known as Dangsang Martial Arts or The Wild Big Boss, is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and produced by Lo Wei, starring Jackie Chan, Nora Miao and James Tien. The film was released in Hong Kong on 21 April 1979. Plot Tang How-yuen (Jackie Chan) is a disciple of kung fu master San-thye. San-thye wins a martial arts tournament, only to be killed by evil kung fu master, Master Li (Yen Shi-kwan). Tang tries unsuccessfully to fight Chung, and leaves the evil master unharmed. Tang, along with San-thye's wife and daughter head after the killer to seek revenge. When they find him, Chung has repented and has cut off his own leg as penance. The master's widow becomes ill, so Tang goes to work for a gang in order to get her medicine. However, whilst in their employ, he is blamed for the death of a young boy, and San-Thye's widow is poisoned. Tang and the one-legged master join forces to defeat the evil lord who poisoned San-thye's widow. Cast Jackie Chan as Tang How-yuen Hsu Hsia as Master King Ouyang Sha-fei as Master King's wife Nora Miao as Zhuang Meng-lan Yen Shi-kwan as Master Li Pearl Lin - Zhong Qiu-ping James Tien as Fang Gang Eagle Han-ying as Nan Qing Ko Keung as Master Wing Chui Yuen as Wing's student Wong Kwong-yue as Wing's assistant Chui Fat as Wing's assistant Peng Kang as Wing's student Wang Yao as Wing's student Production Like Chan's Spiritual Kung Fu, Dragon Fist was filmed in South Korea in early 1978 but was unable to be released or produced because the studio went bankrupt and was running out of money. As a result, both Lo Wei productions only had cost-cutting measures after Chan returned from his loan deal with Seasonal Films, where he made Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master alongside director Yuen Woo-ping. During the production, Chan reportedly had his nose broken repeatedly, joking "Do you think I was born with this nose?" Unlike most of Jackie Chan's early films, Dragon Fist had a more serious tone, with little in the way of comedic moments.