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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

1978 · 98 min · Director: Yuen Woo-Ping ★ IMDb 7.3 · 14,382 ratings

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Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 32%, Excitement 28%, Smile 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor32%
  2. Smile20%
  3. Love10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Smile. Genres: Comedy, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Smile. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Excitement
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Excitement
Humor
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 57 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionExcitementHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension72 %60 %38 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor68 %43 %33 %44 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sympathy59 %29 %23 %49 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor51 %27 %20 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Sympathy53 %31 %23 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Sympathy50 %23 %23 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Excitement49 %16 %24 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Humor55 %28 %26 %50 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Humor59 %41 %26 %44 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Sympathy63 %44 %25 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Relief55 %30 %24 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor45 %26 %25 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Humor54 %44 %36 %34 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Tension64 %54 %50 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Excitement61 %48 %54 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Excitement56 %46 %49 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Excitement61 %56 %44 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension74 %70 %48 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Tension81 %75 %57 %31 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Relief82 %68 %60 %43 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Jackie Chan

Chien Fu

SY
Simon Yuen Siu-Tien

RH
Roy Horan

FH
Fung Hak-On

FH
Fung Hak-On

Master Chao Chi-Chih

CC
Charlie Chan Yiu-Lam

CC
Charlie Chan Yiu-Lam

Master Hung

TW
Tino Wong

PC
Peter Chan Lung

Peter Chan Lung

Teacher Lian

HH
Hsu Hsia

FG
Fung Ging-Man

Teacher Chui

CK
Chiang Kam

Tao Kuei

WL
Wynn Lau Chun-Fai

CC
Chiu Chi-Ling

Mr. Liang

Details

Directed by
Yuen Woo-Ping
Written by
Yuen Woo-Ping, Ng See-Yuen, Chi Yuan Hsi, Huo An Hsi, Lung Hsiao, Hsiao Lung, Clifford Choi
Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
98 min
Country
Hong Kong
Genres
Comedy, Action
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 14,382 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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