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Kung Fu Hustle
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
2004 · Directed by Stephen Chow · 99 min · Action · Comedy · Crime · Fantasy · 17 frames
Tagline
So many gangsters… so little time.
Crew
- Screenplay: Tsang Kan-Cheong, Stephen Chow, Chan Man-Keung, Xin Huo
- Cinematography: Poon Hang-Sang
- Edited by: Angie Lam On-Yee
- Music: Raymond Wong Ying-Wah
- Production design: Oliver Wong Yui-Man
- Produced by: Stephen Chow, Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai, Chui Po-Chu
Cast
- Stephen Chow as Sing
- Yuen Qiu as Landlady
- Yuen Wah as Landlord
- Lam Tze-Chung as Sing's Sidekick
- Bruce Leung Siu-Lung as The Beast
- Huang Shengyi as Fong
- Danny Chan as Brother Sum
- Chiu Chi-Ling as Tailor
- Xing Yu as Coolie
- Zhihua Dong as Donut
Production
- Country: China, Hong Kong
- Language: Cantonese
- Studios: Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment, Star Overseas, Beijing Film Studio, CP Film Production Asia
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $102,034,104
- Themes: martial arts, china, magic, gangster, mafia, defense, policeman, wuxia, 1940s, anarchic comedy
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