Jui Kuen (1978)

April 4, 2010 at 12:13 pm (Films)

Director: Yuen Woo-Ping

Chéng Lóng (a.k.a Jackie Chan), Siu Tien Yuen

Jui Kuen, also known as “The Drunken Master”, is one of the earliest films of Jackie Chan’s career. Thousands of people all around the continent went to the cinema to see this well made film, and Jui Kuen simply dominated the box office of Asia. Jui Kuen started many syndromes that still have great impacts on today’s film industry.

1. It started the legend of Jackie Chan by bringing him into main stream, who later becomes one of the most successful Asian in Hollywood, with his films such as the Rush Hour trilogy, and Police story.

2. It started the Hong Kong Kung Fu action films syndrome.

3. It made Jui Kuen, which is also a type of Kung Fu in the film, very popular among people. The fighting style known as Jui Kuen was later used in many other medias.

Wong Fei Hung is a typical active boy main character. In the beginning of the film, he is just a troublemaker who just makes problems and gets chewed by his father, who is a very well-known Kung Fu master. But with the harsh training of Su Hua Chi, he becomes the second man who mastered Jui Kuen, and gains victory from the fight between the bounty hunter.

Su Hua Chi is the great master of Jui Kuen, who is humorous and strong. People know him as a drunk, but he drinks to always be able to fight. Because of master Wong’s request, he teaches Fei Hung the Jui Kuen skills, and makes Fei Hung capable of destroying anyone with a bottle of alcohol. Later, Fei Hung and Hua Chi become best drinking friends, and become known as the great Kung Fu fighters in the town.