Snake &amp; Crane Arts of ShaolinSnake &amp; Crane Arts of Shaolin Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin () is a 1978 Hong Kong action film directed by Chen Chi Hwa and starring Jackie Chan. It was released by the Lo Wei Motion Picture Company, a subsidiary of Golden Harvest. Along with Tu Wi Ho, Chen was also the film's stunt co-ordinator. Plot. Hsu Ying Fung quickly makes it known (with some help) that he possesses the "Eight Steps of the Snake and Crane", a martial arts manual illustrating the ultimate fighting style. The book was written by eight Shaolin masters shortly before their disappearance, and Hsu  is suspected of killing them, or at least knowing what happened. In reality, Hsu is looking for the man responsible for the masters' disappearance, whom he will know by a certain mark. After several fights, and encounters with the leaders of many fighting clans (all of whom want the book and are willing to offer a variety of things for it), Hsu is betrayed, hurt, and eventually captured. He escapes with an unlikely ally in tow, while the rest of the clan leaders, having put aside their differences, search high and low for him. Eventually Hsu finds the man with  the mark, the other clan leaders learn the fate of the Shaolin masters, and in an epic fight involving the Snake and Crane style, Hsu defeats the villain. Box office. In Hong Kong, the film grossed HK662,851.30. Overseas, the film sold 161,021 tickets in Seoul City (South Korea) and 345,312 tickets in France (where it released in 1984), for a combined tickets sold overseas in Seoul and France. Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin () is a 1978 Hong Kong action film directed by Chen Chi Hwa and starring Jackie Chan. It was released by the Lo