Monkey Kung Fu - Movies and Television Programs

Movies and Television Programs

The following films showcase Monkey Kung Fu either throughout the movie or in television programs or in major scenes:

• Hou quan kou si, English title Monkey's Fist, (1974) features real-life Monkey Kung Fu specialist Chan Sau Chung.
• Tie ma liu, English title Iron Monkey, (1977) starring Chen Kuan Tai.
• In the movie Knockabout, (1979) the lead protagonist Yipao used monkey-fist technique (which he learned from a cop pretending to be a beggar) against The Fox, which happens to be his former master and the one who killed his friend Taipao.
• Feng hou, English title Mad Monkey Kung-Fu, (1979), although the technique displayed in this movie is really the 'monkey' variation of the Lau Family Hung Gar system and not genuine Da Sheng Pi Gua Kung Fu.
• Chu long ma liu, English title Monkey's Fist Floating Snake, (1979)
• Zui hou nu, English title Lady Iron Monkey, (1979) starring Fung Ling Kam.
• Liu he qian shou, English title Return of the Scorpion, (1979) features 7 Kung Fu masters, one (i.e. Chan Sau Chung) is a practitioner of Monkey Kung Fu. In the first fight scene, Chan Sau Chung does a few movements of the Drunken Monkey technique in that he take a few faltering steps (i.e. Monkey Staggering Steps) then he lies prone and waits for his opponent to approach at which time he does a massive wheel kick and immediately launches an attack at his opponents groin (i.e. angry monkey steals the peaches).
• Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II (1994) (AKA Legend of Drunken Master (2000) (U.S.)) features drunken monkey-type styles in one fight scene. Wong Fei Hung takes a form he calls "monkey drinks master's wine" which bears resemblances and has a similar name to the Drunken Monkey forms "The Monkey King Stealing Wine", "The Monkey King Drinking Wine" and "The Monkey King Becoming Drunk." Although it should be noted that the Chinese language version does NOT make a monkey reference - the original language references the Immortal, Hsiang Chung Li, one of the 8 Drunken Gods holding his giant wine pot. Other references to monkey in the English version "Monkey kicking" and so forth was changed simply for Western audiences as the original reference again is to one of the famous 8 Immortals, Li Tie Kuai, the crippled beggar known for his devastating kicks in the Shao-Lin Kung-Fu forms.
• Chui ma lau, English title Drunken Monkey, uses the Monkey fist variant Drunken Monkey, (2002) although the technique displayed in this movie is really the 'monkey' variation of the Lau Family Hung Gar system and not genuine Tai Shing Pak Kwar Kung Fu.
• In the film "Extreme Fighter," Monkey Kung Fu master Michael Matsuda co-stars in the role of the "monkey man."
• In the film Bloodsport a Monkey Kung Fu user participates in an underground fighting tournament.
• In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Ray Park can be seen using an adapted form of Monkey Kung Fu as Sith Lord Darth Maul.
• Eileen from Video Game Virtua Fighter Series uses Kou-Ken known as Monkey Kung Fu.
• In Kung Fu Panda there was a monkey master that attacked obviously with the monkey style of kung fu. He was voiced by Jackie Chan
• In The Forbidden Kingdom Jackie Chan used the Drunken Monkey style since he had to drink wine all the time to be immortal, but of course he would still be drunk.
• In the Disney cartoon Kim Possible, Kim's sidekick, Ron Stoppable, is embued with the abilities of Monkey Kung Fu master by four ancient statues. Also on the show, Montgomery Fiske (a.k.a. Monkey Fist), a villain with surgically altered hands and feet, is a master of Da Sheng Pi Gua.
• In the movie The Quest, the representative from China uses an obvious monkey style for his second match.