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Fearless Kung Fu Elements (1978)

FEARLESS KUNG FU ELEMENTS is one of those ultra-obscure kung fu cheapies that seems in part to be based on the adventures of the irrepressible Monkey. The opening scene in which a traveller in the woods is waylaid by a floating guy in a bear suit has to be seen to be believed, and it’s all go from there. The plot is about a deposed Sung emperor and various key allies who fight against the new Qing government in a big to overthrow them. Standard stuff, but some of the characters are randomly made up as animal-men, and there are some magic-infused moments which are pretty funny. Chen Sing guest stars as the bad guy (as usual). It’s all very cheap, cheerful, and silly.