Sleeping Fist
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A plainclothes policeman, Chin Tai Ba, is seriously wounded in a fight with some ruffians but is helped to safety by a young wiseguy, Cub. Here he is taught the art of Sleeping Fist by Cub's master Chung Yiu, and the trio march to the Shang Wei martial arts school to take revenge on the thugs. However, in a last desperate attempt to get even, the gang call on Eagle Claw master Kao to sort out the snoozers.
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Cast
13 people
Bryan Leung Kar-yan
Chin Ta Khan
Known for
Ip Man 3
Flirting Scholar
Simon Yuen Siu-Tien
Old Fox
Known for
Drunken Master
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Law Hon
Known for
The Golden Lotus
Eddy Ko Hung
Known for
The Martian
Lethal Weapon 4
Ou Li-Bao
Waiter
Also in
18 Fatal Strikes
The Thundering Mantis
Au-Yeung Ling-Lung
The girl
Also in
The Demons in the Flame Mountain
The Merciful Buddha
I Lung Huang
Sun Lan
Known for
New Fist of Fury
Hapkido
Fu Hsiao
Shih Ting-Ken
Known for
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Kwai Shui
Hsiao Fu Weng
Also in
Brave Girl Boxer from Shanghai
Teddy Yip Wing-Cho Director · Chang Hsin-Yi Writer Cheung Kwok-kuen Editor
Worldwide gross $1.2M · United States release January 1, 2001 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,204,494
Production
East Asia Film (H. K.) Co.
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
睡拳怪招
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
Germany · May 24, 1979
Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China · May 24, 1979
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 2001
Physical · DVD
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