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Drunken Master is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo - ping , and starring ___MASK57___ , Yuen Siu - tien , and Hwang Jang Lee . The film was a success at the Hong Kong box office , earning two and a half times the amount of Chan ' s previous film , " Snake in the Eagle ' s Shadow ", which was also considered a successful film . It is an early example of the comedic kung fu genre for which ___MASK57___ became famous . The film popularised the Zui Quan (  , " drunken fist ") fighting style . Ranked number 3 on totalfilm . com ' s 50 greatest kung fu movies of all time . Dragon from Russia is a 1990 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Clarence Fok and based on the Japanese manga " Crying Freeman " and written by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami , and also produced by ___MASK98___ , and starring Sam Hui , Maggie Cheung , Nina Li Chi , Carrie Ng , Loletta Lee and guest starring Shek in his second - to - last film appearance before retiring from acting in two years later . ___MASK98___ ( sometimes written Shek Tien ) a . k . a . ___MASK98___ Tin ( born 17 October 1950 ) is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 92 films acting credits to his name . Shek is perhaps best known as Professor Kai - hsien in the 1978 film , " Drunken Master ", Lung Sei in the 1987 film , " A Better Tomorrow 2 ", and Snooker in the 1990 film , " The Dragon from Russia ". A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or an act requiring a special skill , performed for artistic purposes usually on television , theatre , or cinema . Stunts are a feature of many action films . Before computer generated imagery special effects , these effects were limited to the use of ___MASK91___ , false perspective and other in - camera effects , unless the creator could find someone willing to jump from car to car or hang from the ___MASK77___ of a skyscraper : the stunt performer or stunt double . Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People ' s Republic of China , is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia . Macau lies across the delta to the west , and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north . With a total land area of and a population of over 7 . 3 million of ___MASK58___ nationalities , it ranks as the world ' s fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory . Martial arts film is a film genre . A subgenre of the action film , martial arts films contain numerous martial arts fights between characters . They are usually the films ' primary appeal and entertainment value , and often are a method of storytelling and character expression and development . Martial arts are frequently featured in training scenes and other sequences in addition to fights . Martial arts films commonly include other types of action , such as hand - to - hand combats , stuntwork , chases , and gunfights . Film producers fill a variety of roles depending upon the type of producer . Either employed by a production company or independent , producers plan and coordinate ___MASK58___ aspects of film production , such as selecting script , coordinating writing , directing and editing , and arranging financing . During the " discovery stage ", the producer has to find and acknowledge promising material . Then , unless the film is supposed to be based on an original script , the producer has to find an appropriate screenwriter . Half a Loaf of Kung Fu ( Chinese :  ) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chen Chi - hwa and written by Jacky Chan , who also starred in the lead role . The film co - stars ___MASK98___ and James Tien . The film was released in Hong Kong on 1 July 1978 . Chan plays a bumbling kung fu student who becomes involved in a series of adventures .