Drunken Tai Chi

Drunken Tai Chi is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Yuen Woo Ping and starring Donnie Yen in his first major role. Donnie Yen had signed a fourfilm contract after winning an open talent search hosted by Yuen Woo Ping, and Drunken Tai Chi was one of the contracted films. Drunken Tai Chi was the last film in its distinctive genre of kung fu comedy.

Cheng stumbles across a puppeteer Yuen CheungYan being assaulted by rival showmen. The puppeteer is successfully defending himself, but Cheng comes to his aid anyway and inadvertently destroys his booth by kicking one of the assailants into it. The puppeteer insists that Cheng pay for the damage. Cheng has no money, so he follows the puppeteer home to work off his debt. There, Cheng befriends the wineloving, humorously eccentric puppeteer and his wife Lydia Shum, but is sent away when he accidentally offends them.It is revealed that the assassin is mute and is the single father of a young boy who lives at a nursery because his father is unable to support him. Despite this, the assassin and his son deeply love each other. The assassin makes a wooden horse for his son, but the other children mock it for looking amateurish. The assassins son boldly stands up for his father. ........

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