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Plot summary
Dragon and his brother Tiger train at a martial arts school that enters a Lion dance contest against a rival school, hoping to win prize money the school needs to stay open. When Tiger, the star performer, falls from a ladder, Dragon takes his place. The rival school wins; Tiger is exiled in disgrace, and Dragon sets off to bring him home so the two can make amends to their master. On the road, police chief Sang Kung and his son and daughter take Dragon for a wanted fugitive called The White Fan. Pursued by lawmen and mercenaries, Dragon has to prove his innocence himself.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Young Master (1980)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jackie Chan, the star and director of The Young Master, nearly suffocated when he injured his throat while making the film.
- Jackie Chan handed Golden Harvest an original version of The Young Master reportedly three hours long, but the film was released in a 106-minute Hong Kong cut and a 90-minute international cut.
- In Hong Kong, The Young Master took HK$11,026,283, becoming the number one film there for 1980 and breaking the all-time domestic box office record.
- The song over the closing credits, Kung Fu Fighting Man, was the first song Jackie Chan ever recorded and performed; he went on to release many records and sing theme songs for many of his own films.
