Le Maître chinois

Rural China, autumn leaves, a broken wooden staff. A young troublemaker meets a beggar, lessons in drunken fist begin. Yuen Woo-Ping sets the tone for a generation of kung fu comedies.

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Yuen Woo-Ping directed Le Maître chinois in 1978. See Yuen Woo-Ping's full filmography, where to start with Yuen Woo-Ping, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yuen Woo-Ping.

Le Maître chinois was released in 1978 (CN original-language production), with a runtime of 111 minutes.