Fearless Hyena
1979 1h 37m movie Film Hong Kong

Fearless Hyena

笑拳怪招

Fearless Hyena is a Hong Kong–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

笑拳怪招

Lung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather’s clan. When the general recognizes Lung’s style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung’s grandfather and kills him.

Hong Kong × South Korea Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)South Korea

Other Hong Kong×South Korea titles

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Fearless Hyena. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Comedy + Action in Hong Kong

150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Fearless Hyena itself).

The 1978–1980 Hong Kong Window

Fearless Hyena holds position #26 of 58 Hong Kong films in the 1978–1980 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Contract
    #1

    The Contract

    ★ 7.7 · 1978
  2. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
    #2

    The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

    ★ 7.5 · 1978
  3. Shaolin Rescuers
    #3

    Shaolin Rescuers

    ★ 7.5 · 1979
  4. Drunken Master
    #4

    Drunken Master

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  5. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
    #5

    Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  6. Heroes of the East
    #6

    Heroes of the East

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  7. Dance of the Drunk Mantis
    #7

    Dance of the Drunk Mantis

    ★ 7.2 · 1979
  8. Warriors Two
    #8

    Warriors Two

    ★ 7.2 · 1978

The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fearless Hyena premiered alongside 21 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 21 other Hong Kong films in 1979.

The 115th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

141
Reviews
85th
Review-volume percentile
84th
Popularity percentile

141 audience reviews — more than 85% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
141
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #274 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #86 of 266 (top 32%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, South Korea
Original LanguageCantonese
Production CompaniesLung Cheung Company Limited
Runtime1h 37m
Release DateFebruary 17, 1979
IMDbtt0079315