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Shaolin Soccer (Chinese: 少林足球) is a 2001 Hong Kong sports comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role.The film revolves around a former Shaolin monk who reunites his five brothers, [note 1] years after their master's death, to apply their superhuman martial arts skills to play soccer and bring Shaolin kung fu to the masses.
2 Champions of Shaolin (Chinese: 少林與武當; alternatively titled Two Champions Of Death and Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang [1]) is a 1980 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh. Starring the Venom Mob , it continues the then-popular theme of feuds between Shaolin and the Wu-Tang Clan .
CJ7 (Chinese: 長江七號; Cantonese Yale: Cheung gong chat hou; lit. 'Yangtze 7') is a 2008 Hong Kong–Chinese science fiction comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced, starring, and directed by Stephen Chow in his final film acting performance, before he became a fulltime filmmaker. [4]
Heroes Two begins with the burning of the Shaolin Temple, and chronicles the efforts of Fang Shi-yu (Alexander Fu Sheng) and Hung Si-kuan (Chen Kuan Tai) as they combat the forces of oppression, fighting alongside the Chinese revolutionaries. Manchurian General Che Kang (Zhu Mu) is a clever Warlord who capitalizes on the naïveté of Fang Shi-yu.
[1] [2] It is a remake of Chow's own 1999 film King of Comedy, this time set in Mainland China with different characters. The film tells the story of a young woman who is dreaming and striving to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in. It was released in China on 5 February 2019 during the Lunar New Year 2019. [3]
In 1998, director and star Stephen Chow planned to remake God of Cookery for English markets with Jim Carrey playing the lead role. [2] The film was being adapted into English by writer Marc Hyman , [ 3 ] and film rights were purchased by 20th Century Fox , but the film failed to come to fruition.
Kung Fu Soccer is about the soccer world intertwined with talented people from the world of Kung Fu. Each character has a special Kung Fu talent that they use to play soccer. Lam Chung Fu (Anthony Wong) was once a great soccer player in China. While at the top of his soccer-playing career, his brother Pau set him up and he was forced to give up ...
Heroes of Shaolin (Chinese: 大武士與小票客) aka Heroes of the Wild is the Americanized title for the 1977 Hong Kong kung fu epic Daai miu si yue siu piu haak. Filmed in Taiwan, the two-part story was directed by William Chang and co-written by Chang and relatively unknown kung-fu film writer Chang Hsin Yee. Like many kung fu movies from ...