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******** 3 X Kung Fu - DVD16  (Dance of the Drunk Mantis -  King of Beggars  - 99 Cycling Swords) ********

Dance of the Drunk Mantis  

Hong Kong  (1979)
Martial arts 

Director : Yuen Wo Ping         
Cast : Simon Yuen (Siu Tin), Hwang Jang Lee, Linda Lin Ying (Lynda Lin), Yuen Shun-Yi (Yuen Shin I), Corey Yuen Kwai (Yun Kwei)  

Trouble begins when Rubber Legs (Hwang Jang Lee), the leader of the south school of Drunken Boxing, 
has it in for Sam The Seed (Simon Yuen), the leader of the rival north School

After many years of wandering, Sam Seed returns home to find that his wife has adopted a son (Foggy). 
Sam dislikes the lad and tortures him mentally and physically. Devastated, the boy runs away and takes a job in an inn, where he meets Rubber Legs and his student. He overhears that they are looking for Sam Seed and want to kill him, making Rubber Legs' northern Drunk Mantis Boxing supreme. Foggy returns home to warn Sam Seed, who is then injured by Rubber Legs. Sam sends Foggy to a sickness Teacher for herbs to cure him, and the doctor teaches him a dreaded style called Sickness Boxing. Now, armed with this sick form of fighting, Foggy is ready for Drunk Mantis. 


Audio .........:English (dubbed) 
Subtitles......:No
Runningtime....:91 Min  (approx)


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 King of Beggars   

Hong Kong  (1992)
Martial arts / Comedy

Director : Gordon Chan Ka-Seung               
Cast :Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Sharla Cheung Man, Ng Man Tat, Vindy Chan Wai-Yee, Norman Chu 

The illiterate General of Canton, General So, advocates a lazy, happy lifestyle of sex and money. His spoiled and also illiterate son, Chan (Stephen Chow), is his most faithful disciple. For the love of a woman, Chan attends the national exams for Martial Arts Scholar in Peking. Chan is victorious on the physical test, but before he is to be crowned, he is found to have cheated on the written exam. The Emperor sentences Chan to be a beggar. Initially Chan is unable cope with his new role, but with some mystic help, he takes on the position as King of the Beggars Association. Leading this motley crew into battle against an evil warlord in the Emperor's entourage, Chan rescues the Emperor, and gains respect for the beggars

Audio.........:Cantonese
Subtitles.....:English
Runningtime...:96 Min  (approx)


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99 Cycling Swords  

Taiwan  (1980)
Martial arts

Director : Tyrone Hsu          
Cast : Lo Lieh, Polly Kuan, Woo Gam, Yueh Hua, Lung Tien Hsiang,  Chui Chung Hei   

The great LO LIEH stars in this martial arts classic! Sensing a rebellion is brewing in the small town of Lung Wei Village, the Manchu warlords threaten the village magistrate (Lo Lieh) to hunt down the rebels. He hires four warriors, all of them supreme martial artists, to stop the rebellion. Will they succeed or will the rebels turn the history of China? Find out in 99 CYCLING SWORDS!

Audio.........:English (dubbed) 
Subtitles.....:No
Runningtime...:91 Min (approx)


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