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{{Infobox film
| name           = Drunken Master
| image          = DrunkenMasterMoviePoster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| native_name      = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|t = 醉拳
|j = Zeoi3 Kyun4}}
| director       = [[Yuen Woo-ping]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Siao Lung
* [[Ng See-yuen]]
}}
| producer       = Ng See-yuen
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jackie Chan]]
* [[Yuen Siu-tien]]
* [[Hwang Jang-lee]]
* [[Dean Shek]]
}}
| music          = Chow Fu-liang
| cinematography = Chang Hui
| editing        = Pan Hsiung
| distributor    = [[Seasonal Film Corporation]]
| released       = {{Film date|1978|10|5|df=y}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes
| country        = Hong Kong
| language       = Cantonese
| budget         = 
| gross          = {{US$|16.5 million}} ({{estimation}})
}}

'''''Drunken Master''''' ({{zh|t=醉拳|l=Drunken Fist and Jui Kuen}}), also known as '''''Drunken Master The Beginning''''', is a 1978 [[Hong Kong martial arts]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Yuen Woo-ping]] and produced and co-written by [[Ng See-yuen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5923|title=Drunken Master (1978)|website=hkmdb.com|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> The film features much of the same crew as Yuen's ''[[Snake in the Eagle's Shadow]]'' released earlier the same year, including lead actors [[Jackie Chan]], [[Yuen Siu-tien]] (Woo-ping's father), and [[Hwang Jang-lee]]; although narratively unrelated, ''Drunken Master'' bears similarities to its predecessor in its story and style.

''Drunken Master'' features Chan and Yuen Siu-tien as fictionalized versions of martial artists [[Wong Fei-hung]] and [[So Chan|Beggar So]]; in the film, Wong is an irreverent young man forced under the fierce tutelage of So, master of the [[Drunken boxing|drunken fighting style]]; although the two do not originally get along, Wong eventually gains humility and respect for So.

Considered an early milestone of martial arts comedy and one of the best films in the genre, the film was a large box-office success, earning two and a half times the revenue of the already-successful ''Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'';<ref name=DMatHKMDb>{{cite web|title = HKMDb entry|work = Drunken Master (1978)|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5923&display_set=eng|access-date = 17 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = HKMDb entry|work = Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5863&display_set=eng|access-date = 17 April 2008}}</ref> it had a significant cultural impact, inspiring numerous later films, music, [[manga]], [[anime]] and [[video games]] with its depictions of teacher-student relationship and the drunken style, and helped establish Chan as one of Asia's most popular actors. The film was followed by two sequels directed by [[Lau Kar-leung]] in 1994: the direct sequel ''[[Drunken Master II]]'', in which Chan reprised his role, and the mostly-unrelated ''[[Drunken Master III]]''. ''Drunken Master'' would be Yuen Siu-tien's final film released during his lifetime, although he would portray Beggar So again in several films released posthumously, including the ''Drunken Master'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''[[Dance of the Drunk Mantis]]'' (1979), also directed by Woo-ping.

==Plot==
[[Wong Fei-hung]] (sometimes dubbed as "Freddie Wong") is a young and mischievous son, who runs into a series of troubles. Firstly, he teaches an overbearing assistant martial arts teacher a lesson, and later makes advances on a woman to impress his friends. He is consequently thrashed by her older female guardian. His shame is compounded when these two are later revealed to be his visiting aunt and cousin, whom he had not met before. Lastly, he beats up a [[hooligan]], who turns out to be the son of an influential man in town. His father decides to punish him for his behavior by making him train harder in [[martial arts]]. Wong's father arranges for [[Beggar So]] to train his son in martial arts. 

Beggar So has a reputation for crippling his students during training so Wong flees from home in an attempt to escape his punishment. Penniless, Wong stops at a restaurant and tries to trick a fellow patron into offering him a free meal. As Wong was about to leave after his meal, he discovers that the man is actually the owner of the restaurant. He fights with the owner's lackeys in an attempt to escape. An old drunkard nearby is drawn into the fight and helps him escape. The drunkard turns out to be Beggar So (who is known in some versions of the film as Sam Seed, So-Hi or Su Hua-chi), the Drunken Master. Beggar So forces Wong into his brutal and rigorous training programme, but he flees again to avoid the torturous training and runs into the notorious killer Yim Tit-sam (known in some versions as Thunderfoot or Thunderleg) by accident. 

Yim is known for his "Devil's Kick", a swift and deadly kicking style which has never been defeated. Wong provokes and challenges him to a fight and is soundly defeated and humiliated. He makes his way back to Beggar So and decides to commit himself to the Drunken Master's training program. The training resumes and soon Wong learns Beggar So's secret style of martial arts, a form of Drunken Boxing called "[[Eight Immortals|The Eight Drunken Immortals]]", named after the eight [[Xian (Taoism)|xian]] that the fighting style references. Wong masters seven of the eight styles with the exception of [[Immortal Woman He|Drunken Miss Ho]]'s as he feels that her style of fighting is too feminine.

Meanwhile, Yim Tit-sam is contracted by a business rival to kill Wong's father. Wong's father fights with Yim and is defeated and injured by him. Wong and Beggar So arrive on time and Wong continues the fight with Yim. Beggar So promises not to interfere in the fight. Wong employs the new skills he has learned and outmatches Yim's kicking style. Yim then resorts to his secret technique, the Devil's Shadowless Hand, which is too fast for Wong to defeat. Wong confesses that he did not master the last style so Beggar So tells him to combine the seven styles and create his own version of the last style. Wong follows the instruction and discovers his own unique style of Drunken Miss Ho, which he uses to overcome the Shadowless Hand and finally defeats Yim.

==Background==
The film's protagonist [[Wong Fei-hung]] was a Chinese martial artist, a [[traditional Chinese medicine]] practitioner and a revolutionary who lived towards the end of the [[Qing dynasty]]. He became a Chinese folk hero and the subject of several Hong Kong television programmes and films. [[Beggar So]], who plays a supporting role in the film, is also another character from Chinese folklore and one of the [[Ten Tigers of Canton]]. The Beggar So character is often cast as an associate of Wong Fei-hung or Wong's uncle.

==Cast==
*[[Jackie Chan]] as [[Wong Fei-hung]] / Freddy Wong (UK version) (voiced by Tang Wing-Hung<ref>{{Cite web |title=今日信報 - 副刊文化 - 成龍御用配音 鄧榮銾預演人生每個角色 - 潘天惠 - 幕後人語 |url=https://www.hkej.com/dailynews/article/id/1287465/%E6%88%90%E9%BE%8D%E5%BE%A1%E7%94%A8%E9%85%8D%E9%9F%B3++%E9%84%A7%E6%A6%AE%E9%8A%BE%E9%A0%90%E6%BC%94%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E6%AF%8F%E5%80%8B%E8%A7%92%E8%89%B2 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=信報網站 hkej.com |language=zh-hk}}</ref>)
*[[Yuen Siu-tien|Yuen Siu-Tin]] (or Simon Yuen) as [[Beggar So]] / Su Hua Chi / Sam Seed 
*[[Hwang Jang-lee]] as Thunderleg Yen Tie Hsin / Yim Tit-sam / Thunderfoot
*[[Dean Shek]] as Professor Kai-Hsin
*Lam Kau as [[Wong Kei-ying|Wong Kei-Ying]] / Wong Chi-Ying / Robert Wong (UK version)
*[[Fung King-man]] as Mr. Lee Man-ho
*Hsu Hsia as King of Bamboo Hsu Ching-tien
*Linda Lin as Wong Fei-hung's aunt
*[[Yuen Shun-yi]] as Chan Kwok-wai / Charlie Wei
*Tong Jing as Wong Fei-hung's cousin
*Tino Wong as Jerry Lee
*[[Yuen Woo-ping|Yuen Woo-Ping]] as Man with bucket of greens

==Fight scenes and martial arts==
A number of notable fights are featured in the film, almost all of them with strong elements of comedy—from the game of [[Keep Away]] with [[Wong Kei-ying]]'s cocky, but incompetent, assistant kung fu instructor, to the novel "head-fu" fighting style used by one of his opponents. The film features the [[Hung Ga]] system of fighting, which was historically practiced by [[Wong Fei-hung]] and his father Wong Kei-ying, both of whom are major characters in the film. The animal styles of Snake, Crane, and Tiger performed in the film are derived wholly from the Hung Ga system and bear only a tangential relationship to the [[Fujian White Crane]], Lama Pai (Tibetan White Crane), [[Black Tiger Kung Fu|Black Tiger]], and [[Snake Kung Fu|Snake]] systems of kung fu. [[Monkey Kung Fu|Monkey]] style kung fu, popular in Southern Chinese martial arts performances, is also shown briefly.

Numerous systems of kung fu include "Drunken Boxing" forms (e.g. [[Cai li fo|Choi Lei Fut]] and [[Drunken Monkey]]), and the [[Eight Immortals|Taoist Eight Immortals]] are popular staples of Chinese culture and art. However, the "Eight Drunken Immortals" forms depicted in this film are likely the creation of director and choreographer [[Yuen Woo-ping]] and based on routines found in other systems.

The primary villain in ''Drunken Master'' is played by Hwang Jang-lee, a Korean martial artist specialising in [[Taekwondo]] and known for his high-flying kicks, which are prominently displayed in the film. The systems of "Devil's Kick" and "Devil's Shadowless Hands" employed by Thunderleg are entirely fictitious.

According to his book ''I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action'', Chan nearly lost an eye after his brow ridge was injured.<ref name="I Am Jackie Chan">{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/features/iamjackiechan/excerpt_aches.html|title=Jackie's Aches and Pains: It Only Hurts When I'm Not Laughing|author=Jackie Chan|author-link=Jackie Chan|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q98IAAAACAAJ|title=I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action|last=Chan|first=Jackie|date=1999|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=9780613217385}}</ref>

==Theme song==
The theme song of ''Drunken Master'' is based on a Chinese folk song, "Under the General's Orders". Since ''Drunken Master'', the theme song has been popularly associated with the folk hero [[Wong Fei-hung]], who Jackie Chan plays in the film. It was later used in the 1983 film ''[[Winners and Sinners]]'', starring [[Sammo Hung]]; it was played in a market scene whilst the [[Five Lucky Stars]] are watching two men demonstrating the beneficial effects of their medicines and their martial arts stances, in reference to Wong Fei-hung. "Under the General's Orders" later become the main theme song for the ''[[Once Upon a Time in China (film series)|Once Upon a Time in China]]'' series starring [[Jet Li]], who also plays Wong Fei-hung.

==Box office==
At the Hong Kong box office, ''Drunken Master'' earned an impressive {{HK$}}6,763,793<ref name="DMatHKMDb"/> ({{US$|{{#expr:6763793/4.68 round 0}}|link=yes}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1978&locations=HK&start=1977 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1978 |access-date=21 November 2018 |language=en-us}}</ref> It was the second most popular film in Hong Kong in 1978 behind the [[Michael Hui|Hui]] brothers' ''[[The Contract (1978 film)|The Contract]]'' and third on the all-time list.<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=23 January 1995|page=56|title=More than 'the next Bruce Lee'|url=https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/more-than-the-next-bruce-lee-99125161/}}</ref><ref name=gross>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=3 January 1979|page=42|title=Hong Kong's 20 Alltime Top Pix}}</ref>

In [[Japan]], where it released on 21 July 1979, it became one of the year's top ten [[List of highest-grossing films in Japan|highest-grossing films]], earning {{JPY|1.9 billion|link=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第12回：日本での興行収入 |url=http://kungfutube.info/3672 |website=KungFu Tube |access-date=21 November 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:1900/219.14 round 1}} million}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1979&locations=JP&start=1978 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1979 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> In [[South Korea]], it was the highest-grossing film of 1979, with 898,561 box admissions in [[Seoul City]],<ref name="korea2">{{cite web |title=【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第10回：韓国での興行収入 |url=http://kungfutube.info/3156 |website=KungFu Tube |date=5 September 2010 |access-date=7 December 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> equivalent to an estimated {{Currency|{{#expr:898561*1500 round -3}}|KRW}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Asian Culture Quarterly |journal=Asian Culture Quarterly |date=1983 |volume=11-12 |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLdBAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Asian Cultural Center. |quote=The average admission fee in 1979 was 1,000 won for national films and 1,500 won for imports. (In 1982, the average increased to 2,000 won, or US$3.)}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:1347842000/484 round -1}}|link=no}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (KRW per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1979&locations=KR&start=1974 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1979 |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> The film also broke records in [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]].<ref name="Variety"/>

In Germany, where it was released as ''Sie nannten ihn Knochenbrecher'' ("They Called Him Bone Breaker") on 25 July 1980, it was the 41st highest-grossing film of the year, selling 584,312 tickets,<ref>{{cite web |title=Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1980 |trans-title=The Most Successful Films in Germany (1980) |url=https://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/D1980.htm |website=Inside Kino |year=1980 |language=de |access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref> equivalent to an estimated {{Currency|{{#expr:584312*2.5 round 0}}|code=Euro|linked=no}}<ref name="Europe">{{cite book |chapter=Cinema market |title=Cinema, TV and radio in the EU: Statistics on audiovisual services (Data 1980-2002) |date=2003 |publisher=[[Office for Official Publications of the European Communities]] |isbn=92-894-5709-0 |issn=1725-4515 |pages=31–64 (61) |edition=2003 |chapter-url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/5648553/KS-BT-03-001-EN.PDF/3758081d-5ae4-4e21-9d78-fca7bcc68d5c#page=67 |website=[[Europa (web portal)|Europa]] |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> (US$2,063,606).<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical currency converter (EUR) |url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-currency-converter.php?A=1460780&C1=EUR&C2=USD&DD=25&MM=07&YYYY=1980 |website=fxtop.com |date=25 July 1980 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> In Spain, the film sold 823,203 tickets,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Soyer |first1=Renaud |title=Jackie Chan Box Office |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jackie-chan-c24779784 |website=Box Office Story |date=4 February 2014 |language=fr |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref> equivalent to an estimated {{Currency|{{#expr:823203*1.3 round 0}}|code=Euro|linked=no}}<ref name="Europe"/> ({{US$|{{To USD|1070164|EUR|year=1980|round=yes}}|long=yes}}).

Combined, the film grossed an estimated total of approximately {{US$|{{#expr:1445255+8700000+2784800+2063606+1489989 round 0}}|link=no|year=1978|round=-6}} in [[East Asia]] and Europe.

==Sequels and spinoffs==
*''[[Drunken Master II]]'' (1994) stars Jackie Chan, and is considered the only official sequel. Chan portrays the same character, Wong Fei-hung. The US release of the film in 2000 was entitled ''The Legend of Drunken Master''. In 2021, the film was released again in the United States on Blu-ray as part of the Warner Archive Collection under its original title with previously censored content added back into the film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Drunken Master II on Blu-ray.com|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Drunken-Master-II-Blu-ray/288923/|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2025|website=Blu-ray.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410003435/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Drunken-Master-II-Blu-ray/288923/|archive-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>
*In 1979, [[Yuen Siu-tien|Yuen Siu-Tin]] reprised the role of Beggar So in the film ''[[Dance of the Drunk Mantis]]'', which is entitled ''Drunken Master Part 2'' (not to be confused with the film ''[[Drunken Master II]]'' referenced above) in some releases. The film, which was again directed by his son, [[Yuen Woo-ping|Yuen Woo-Ping]], does not feature Jackie Chan, focusing instead on the drunken beggar character rather than on [[Wong Fei-hung]]. It is therefore generally considered to be a spinoff rather than a true sequel.
*Yuen played this same role again in the films ''Story of Drunken Master'' and ''World of the Drunken Master''.

==Imitators==
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As with several successful Hong Kong action films, a number of films were released in the wake of ''Drunken Master'' (and its sequel) that could be considered to trade on the fame of the original films. These had less in common with the original films than the spinoffs starring Yuen Siu-tien.
They include:
*''[[5 Superfighters]]'' (aka ''The Drunken Fighter'') (1978)
*''Drunken Swordsman'' (aka ''Drunken Dragon Strikes Back'') (1979)
*''Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist'' (Featuring Li Yi Min) (1979)
*''Drunken Master, Slippery Snake'' (Starring [[Cliff Lok]]) (1979)
*''Shaolin Drunken Monkey'' (Starring [[Elton Chong]]) (1981)
*''[[The Shaolin Drunken Monk]]'' (starring [[Gordon Liu]]) (1982)
*''[[Drunken Tai Chi]]'' (directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring [[Donnie Yen]]) (1984)
*''Revenge of the Drunken Master'' (1984), starring Johnny Chan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2093206/|title= Johnny Chan (I) |website=IMDb.com|access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref> whose name allowed him to trade off his more successful namesake in other low-budget martial arts films including ''Golden Dragon, Silver Snake'' (1979) and ''The Eagles Killer'' (1978)
*''[[Drunken Master III]]'' (aka ''Drunken Master Killer'') – starring [[Andy Lau]] (1994)
*''The Little Drunken Masters'' (1995)

Not all films that feature the Zui Quan "Drunken Fist" style (or variations on it) can be considered as imitators of the ''Drunken Master'' films. Films such as ''[[Drunken Monkey (2002 film)|Drunken Monkey]]'' (2002) may feature a drunken style of kung fu, and in the case of ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]'' (2008), the same principal star, but they have a fundamentally different plot and sufficiently different title to separate them from ''Drunken Master''.

==Home media==
*On 24 April 2000, [[Hong Kong Legends]] released a DVD in the [[United Kingdom]]. The image is cropped from 2:35:1 to 1:78:1 and has the [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] soundtrack with [[dubtitle]]s. However, it has a number of additional features including a deleted scene and an interview with producer [[Ng See-yuen]].
*On 2 April 2002, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]] and [[Destination Films]] released a DVD in the [[United States]]. Despite a 2:35:1 image and the inclusion of the original Cantonese track, the audio is incomplete in some sections (reverting to the English dub) and contains [[dubtitle]]s. There's an audio commentary by [[Ric Meyers]] and [[Jeff Yang]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/3564/drunken-master/ |title=Drunken Master : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |website=Dvdtalk.com |access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref>
*On 18 March 2004, HKVideo released a "Wong Fei Hung" DVD boxset in [[France]] containing this film (French title: "Le maître chinois") and two others. It contains a full 2:35:1 image and the Cantonese soundtrack. However, it contains slightly poorer image quality and no English subtitles.
*On 30 April 2004, [[Mei Ah Entertainment]] released a remastered DVD in [[Hong Kong]] (pictured right). It contains a 2:35:1 image, Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 track, original Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track and Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track. Subtitles include Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English. The missing Cantonese for the opening has been re-dubbed in Cantonese and the other missing Cantonese scenes as extended footage in Mandarin due to trouble of re-dubbing with new voice actors. Many short lines missing Cantonese had been removed. Special features include Extended footage, accessed during the film by selecting the wine jug icon when it appears on the right top corner, Mastering the Drunken Master, a 35-second music video with clips of Jackie Chan practicing the 8 Drunken Gods from the film, film synopsis and cast & crew.
*PanMedia released a [[bootleg recording|bootleg]] DVD that contains the complete Cantonese track.

==Cultural impact==
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===Fashion===
*During the late 1970s to early 1980s, Jackie Chan's shoulder-length hairstyle in ''Drunken Master'' became popular across Asia, widely adopted by both men and women across the region.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jackie Chan Headed For Bruce Lee-Type Stardom With New Film |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/indiana-gazette-oct-09-1980-p-17/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=[[Indiana Gazette]] |via=[[NewspaperArchive]] |date=9 October 1980 |url-access=subscription |quote=The 1978 "Drunk Monkey in a Tiger's Eye" made him an instant star. His shoulder-length hair was copied by both males and females all over Asia.}}</ref>

===Film===
In 2017, it was ranked number 3 on [[GamesRadar]]'s list of 50 greatest kung fu movies of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 25 best kung fu movies you have to see|work=[[GamesRadar]]|date=11 April 2017|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/50-best-kung-fu-movies/|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>

*[[Edgar Wright]]'s ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]'' (2013) had drunken pub fight scenes inspired by ''Drunken Master''. The film's fight scenes were choreographed by [[Brad Allan]], who was part of the [[Jackie Chan Stunt Team]] during the 1990s to 2000s.<ref name="gq-magazine1">{{cite web |last=Franklin |first=Oliver |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2013-07/17/edgar-wright-interview-the-worlds-end |title=Edgar Wright interview on ''The World's End'', pubs & Ant Man – Film – GQ.COM (UK) |website=Gq-magazine.co.uk |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=22 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721043633/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2013-07/17/edgar-wright-interview-the-worlds-end |archive-date=21 July 2013}}</ref>

===Manga and anime===
*[[Manga]] author [[Akira Toriyama]] cited ''Drunken Master'' as one of his major inspirations for the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' series of [[shōnen manga]] and [[anime]], along with [[Bruce Lee]]'s ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'' (1973) and the Chinese novel ''[[Journey to the West]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Dragon Ball Z Legend: The Quest Continues |date=2004 |publisher=DH Publishing Inc |isbn=9780972312493 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dragonballzlegen00iked/page/n6 7] |url=https://archive.org/details/dragonballzlegen00iked|url-access=registration }}</ref> Toriyama said that he would never have come up with ''Dragon Ball'' if he had not watched ''Drunken Master'',<ref>{{cite journal |title=Interview — Dragon Power / Ask Akira Toriyama! |journal=[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]] |date=January 2003 |issue=1 |url=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/press-archive/shonen-jump-january-2003-interview-dragon-power-ask-akira-toriyama/}}</ref> and he was drawn to its more light-hearted tone.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Akira Toriyama on the Road |title=Dragon Ball Kanzenban Kōshiki Guide: Dragon Ball Landmark |date=19 December 2003 |publisher=[[Shūeisha]] |location=Tōkyō |isbn=4-08-873478-5 |chapter-url=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/dragon-ball-landmark-dragon-ball-toriyama/}}</ref> ''Drunken Master'' also served as a reference for the training scenes.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The Truth About the “Dragon Ball” Manga: “Toriyama Thought of It Like This” Special |title=Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide: Story-Hen |script-title=ja:(DRAGON BALL 超エキサイティングガイド ストーリー編) |trans-title=Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide: Story Volume |date=4 March 2009 |publisher=[[Shūeisha]] |location=Tōkyō |isbn=978-4088748030}}</ref> The series pays homage to ''Drunken Master'' when the first tournament is held, where [[List of Dragon Ball characters#Kame-Sennin|Kame-Sennin]] ([[Master Roshi]]) is disguised as "Jackie Chun" and he tries to use a Drunken Fist technique on [[Goku|Son Goku]] (Goku).
* In the ''[[Naruto]]'' series, the character [[Rock Lee]] is seen performing similar fighting styles after consuming alcohol. Known as the 'Drunken Fist' in the series' Japanese version and the 'Loopy Fist' in the English.

===Music===
*Jamaican musicians [[Sly Dunbar]], [[Robbie Shakespeare]], and [[The Revolutionaries]] recorded a reggae song titled "Drunken Master" that was released by Island on the album ''Sly and Robbie Present Taxi'' in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reggae-reviews.com/slyrobbie.html|title=Sly & Robbie|website=Reggae Reviews|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911055646/http://www.reggae-reviews.com/slyrobbie.html|archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref>
*UK [[dubstep]] artist [[FuntCase]] used speech samples taken from the film in his song "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hihESJQ2bPE Half drunk]".

===Video games===
*The PlayStation game ''[[Jackie Chan Stuntmaster]]'' includes a bonus level in which he wears his traditional Drunken Master dress and drinks wine while fighting. He even gives the Drunken Punch as his charge punch throughout the game.
*In popular PC online game ''[[Guild Wars (series)|Guild Wars]]'', there is a stance-skill called "Drunken Master" which temporarily increases movement and attack speed. This effect is doubled if character is drunk.
*In [[The King of Fighters|''The King of Fighters'' series]], the character [[List of characters in The King of Fighters series#Chin Gentsai|Chin Gentsai]] was modeled after Su Hua Chi.
*The ''[[Tekken]]'' video game series features a character named Lei Wu Long, a Hong Kong detective based on Jackie Chan's Police Story films. While the character was originally nicknamed Supercop after the film Police Story 3: Supercop Lei Wu Long uses 5 to 6+ stances which have all of Jackie Chan's signature film movies. Initially in the series it focused on the Snake style he created for ''Snake in The Eagles Shadow''. In ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]'' released in 2012, Lei Wulong's "Ultimate Stance" is "Drunken Fist" based on his performance in the 1978 original and the 1994 sequel.
*The [[Dead or Alive (franchise)|''Dead or Alive'']] video game franchise features a playable character named [[Brad Wong]]; a drunken wanderer introduced in [[Dead or Alive 3]] who specializes in the zui quan fighting style, and was taught by a non-playable character named [[List of Dead or Alive characters#Chen|Chen]].
*The ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' video game franchise introduced [[Bo' Rai Cho]] in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]''; his name is a play on the word "borracho" (Spanish for "drunk"), and he is indeed usually depicted as intoxicated, and carrying a canister of alcohol. His fighting moves consist of drunken style fighting mixed with vulgar actions.

==See also==
* [[Jackie Chan filmography]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films]]
* [[List of martial arts films]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0080179|title=Drunken Master}}
* [http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5923 ''Drunken Master''] on [[Hong Kong Movie DataBase|HKMDB]]
* {{rotten-tomatoes|drunken_master}}
* {{Mojo title|legendofdrunkenmaster}}
* [http://hkfanatic.com/jackie/movies/dm/dm_info.php Hong Kong Fanatics: Jackie Chan]

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