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Shaolin soccer (Kung-fu soccer; Siu lam juk kau) - Stephen Chow, Man Tat Ng, Yin Tse

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Movie propaganda

Get ready to kick some grass.

Sing (Stephen Chow), a street cleaner with high hopes for Shaolin kung-fu, he sees everyday applications for the martial arts and is keen to bring them to the world. Finding the right means to promote his beloved kung-fu, however, is no easy task. when singing and dancing proves a fruitless pitch, sing strikes gold with the help of former football ace and aspiring coach "Golden Leg" Fung (Man Tat Ng).

Crippled in an on-field assault decades earlier, Fung's now living on the streets after years serving former team mate Hung (Yin Tse) since a match-fixing incident. Having found out Hung's involvement in breaking his famous leg, Hung's ready to set up a team to take on his rival's evil team. Sing picks up on the Shaolin promotion value in premier league football, and his martial arts skills and powerhouse kicks are a great start for a team.

Soon Sing rounds up his Shaolin ace mates to bring up the numbers. With a football team boasting the physical prowess of the empty hand, iron shirt, hooking leg and weight vest skills, and a healthy greed for winning, the gang go head-to-head with Hung's evil team in the championship arena.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film comedy martial arts Shaolin soccer football

Persons of interest

Stephen Chow .... Sing
Man Tat Ng .... "Golden Leg" Fung
Yin Tse .... Hung
Vicki Zhao .... Mui
Yut Fei Wong .... Iron Head
Kwok Kuen Chan .... Empty Hand
Lam Chi Chung .... Weight Vest
Chi-Sing Lam .... Hooking Leg
Kai Man Tin .... Iron Shirt
Lik-Chi Lee .... Screenwriter
Kan-Cheung Tsang .... Screenwriter
Stephen Chow .... Screenwriter
Stephen Chow .... Director
Lik-Chi Lee .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Shaolin soccer official movie sites:

Kong Hong

Shaolin soccer QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Toronto International Film Festival 2002: Special Presentation

Studios and distributors:

Buena Vista International

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Shaolin soccer is more about special effects and promoting kung-fu careers than it is about the magic of The World Game™. For soccer, watch SBS instead. For kung-fu, watch Crouching tiger, hidden dragon instead.