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Drunken Master (traditional Chinese: 醉拳; pinyin: zuì quán, literally drunken fist) is a Hong Kong movie directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu Tien (aka Simon Yuen), and Hwang Jang-Lee, first released in 1978. It was Chan's first big hit, and is an early example of the comedic martial arts style for which he is famous.
Chan's character, Wong Fei Hung, is a figure from Chinese history, a martial artist, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, and a revolutionary. He became a Chinese folk hero and is the subject of many Hong Kong television programmes and films. The character of the Su Hua Chi, the Beggar So, is another real life character from Chinese folklore, and is said to have been an associate of Wong Fei Hung.
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