Snake Fist Fighter aka Master With Crack Fingers [1973]

About this film

Snake Fist Fighter , is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Mu Chu and starring Jackie Chan . It is often cited as being produced in 1971, 1973, 1974 or 1981. The original footage was filmed in 1971 and released in 1973 as Little Tiger of Canton . The re-edited version entitled Master with Cracked Fingers was not actually released until 1979. [ 1 ] Synopsis The film has a similar theme to Drunken Master (1978). The dynamic and undisciplined Jackie (Jackie Chan) undergoes the tutelage of a nomadic master whose rigorous training style focuses upon the hardening of the fist. Jackie has always been intrigued by kung fu , but he cannot afford to pay for lessons. He later meets a beggar, "The Man Who Isn't There", who offers to teach him the secrets of fighting. After years of training under his sifu , his skills advance, but his father forbids him to practice. After a series of fights with a local gang of extortionists, and progressively more severe punishments from his father, he fends off the gang once more. In retribution, the gang burn down his house, killing Jackie's father. To avenge his father's death, Jackie agrees to a blindfolded fight against the gang leader, ( Kwa…

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Snake Fist Fighter

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