The Awaken Punch (Chinese: 石破天惊, also known as 红狼醒拳) is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Fong Lung-Seung. The film is as an early example of Yuen Wo Ping's fight choreography and features Jackie Chan as an extra.
| The Awaken Punch | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fong Lung-Seung |
| Written by | Fong Lung-Seung Cory B. Sarangaya |
| Produced by | Jimmy L. Pascual |
| Starring | Chan Sing Henry Yu Young Au-Yeung Pooi-Saan Tien Feng Maang Lee Kenneth Tsang Kong Got Heung-Ting Suen Lam Fong Yau San Kuai |
| Music by | Chow Fook-Leung |
| Distributed by | Dak Lee Film Company, Ltd. (Hong Kong) |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | HK$439,052 (Hong Kong)[1] 201,862 tickets (France)[2] |
Plot
editHenry yu Young plays a young man, Cheung Da Gong, who travels from place to place earning a living as a fighter. He fights at times on a stage before spectators, as a hired body guard and altruistically to protect shopkeepers from thugs looking to collect protection money.
One day Cheung receives a letter which prompts him to return home where his elderly father is sick and dying. At his father's death bed Cheung vows at his father's behest to stay and work his family's farm and to give up fighting.
Local gangsters try to buy Cheung's land and when Cheung refuses attempt to intimidate him first through threats and then by burning down his house, killing Cheung's sister and mother in the process.
Cheung motivated by revenge hunts down the gangsters eventually tracking down their leader and killing him. The movie ends with Cheung submitting to the local authorities when he is arrested on charges of murder with the local deputy admonishing him, "You should have left retribution to the law."
Cast
edit- Henry Yu Yung as Cheung Da Gong
- Au-Yeung Pui San as Jun Shen
- Tien Feng as Mr. Wong
- Mang Lee as brothel Madam
- Kenneth Tsang Goes to Law
- Suen Lam as Commissioner
- San Kuai as Li (Black Fan)
- Fong Yau as Pai (White Fan)
- Fung Hark-On as one of the main thug
- Lee Chiu as one of the main thug
Extras
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Awaken Punch". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ Soyer, Renaud (4 February 2014). "Jackie Chan Box Office". Box Office Story. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
External links
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