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1976 Hong Kong film

Secret Rivals

Traditional Chinese	南拳北腿

Jyutping	naam4 kyun4 baak1 teoi2


Directed by	James Nam Ng See Yuen
Produced by	Ng See-Yuen Kwak Jeong-Hwan
Release date	30 June 1976 (1976-06-30)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	$816,440.10

Secret Rivals (Chinese: 南拳北腿) a.k.a. Northern Leg, Southern Fist a.k.a. Silver Fox Rivals is a 1976 kung fu film directed by James Nam and Ng See Yuen and starring Hwang Jang-lee, John Liu and Wong Tao. The film was shot on location in South Korea and Hong Kong.

Plot

Northern Leg (John Liu) travels across China thru Seoul to find the man responsible for the death of his parents. The culprit is none other than the Silver Fox (Hwang Jang-lee), a feared martial arts expert and bandit. Silver Fox has also caught the attention of Southern Fist (Wong Tao), a government agent. While Southern Fist and Northern Leg are both after the same man, they discover that alone they are no match for Silver Fox. The two heroes must combine their skills, knowing that it is the only way to gain success against their awesome adversary.

In the course of finding and defeating the Silver Fox, both Northern Leg and Southern Fist fall for the same woman, the daughter of the owner of the inn they stay at for the duration of the movie. Throughout the movie they both vie for her attention, asking the butler questions at the inn, as well as a child who follows Southern Fist throughout the film.

Cast

Hwang Jang-lee – Silver Fox
John Liu (actor) – Northern Leg Shao Yi-fei
Wong Tao – Southern Fist Shang Yi-wei
Lee Ye-min - Prince
Nam Seok-hoon - Lung Yi
Elton Chong - Black Fox (Silver Fox's Student)
Yeo Su-jin - Ching Chin-chin
Park Dong-young - Prince's Bodyguard
Kim Wang-kuk - Prince's Bodyguard
Ma Do-sik - Prince's Bodyguard
To Wai-wo - Russian's student
Tong Kam-tong - thug
Yuen Biao - Russian's student
Yuen Wah - thug

References

"The Secret Rivals (1976)". HKMDB. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

External links

Secret Rivals at IMDb

v t e Works by Ng See-yuen
Films directed	Feng kuang sha shou (1971) The Bloody Fists (1972) Kung Fu, the Invisible Fist (1972) Meng hu xia shan (1973) Call Me Dragon (1974) Little Superman (1974) The Godfather Squad (1974) Shi san hao xiong zhai (1975) Lian zheng feng bo (1975) Secret Rivals (1976) Million Dollars Snatch (1976) Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976) Kidnap in Rome (1976) Secret Rivals 2 (1977) The Invincible Armour (1977) What Price Stardom? (1977) The Ring of Death (1980) Game of Death II (1981) Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu (1982) The Unwritten Law (1985) The Music Box (2006) Evening of Roses (2009)
Films written	Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978, also produced) Drunken Master (1978, also produced) Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979, also produced) The Sweet and Sour Cops (1981, also produced) Legend of a Fighter (1982, also produced) Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982, also produced) The Sweet and Sour Cops Part II (1982, also produced) Hao cai zhuang dao ni (1984, also produced)
Films produced only	Hong lou chun shang chun (1978) The Butterfly Murders (1979) She mao he hun xing quan (1980) We're Going to Eat You (1980) Ta Bei wu ai (1980) Shuang la (1980) No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) Hun wai qing (1988) Walk on Fire (1988) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) Ren yue huang hun (1995) The Soong Sisters (1997)

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