Dance of Death (舞拳) 45 years old

Care to dance?

An orphan boy seeks revenge upon a villainous kung-fu sect that killed his friends. He chances upon two old kung fu masters who are fighting to determine who's the better fighter; one is a drunk, the other puffs constantly on a pipe. Fei Fei convinces them to teach him kung fu, and then he'll fight using both of their techniques and will discover which is superior. So Fei Fei ends up fighting his way up the ranks of the evil sect with the two old men trailing after him, evaluating the battles and counting how many of their individual moves Fei Fei uses. The final battle with the white-haired master of the sect, using new kung fu moves inspired by dancers in a brothel, is amazingly gymnastic. --Bret Fetzer

Credits

Dance of Death Cast

Name Character
Dean Shek He was 28, now 73 years old as Shih Tien
Angela Mao She was 26, now 71 years old as Fei Fei

Dance of Death Crew

Name Department
Cheung San-Yee as Screenplay. Writing
Jackie Chan as Director. He was 24 (now 70) years old Directing
Chen Chi-Hwa as Director. Directing
Yao Ching Kang as Screenplay. Writing
Dance of Death poster
Dance of Death (45 years)

Care to dance?

  • Release day: Monday, January 01, 1979
  • Runtime: 90 minutes