Kung Fu Hustle Movie

Directed by
Stephen Chow

Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Stephen Chow writer
Xin Huo writer
Chan Man Keung writer
Kan-Cheung Tsang writer

Release Date:
22 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy

Cast :
* Stephen Chow (周星馳) as Sing, a loser in life whose ambition is to join the Axe Gang. He has attempted many misdeeds, but all of them have failed or backfired.
* Yuen Wah (元華) as the Landlord of the Pig Sty Alley. A lecher and a troublemaker. He is a master of Tai Qi Quan.
* Yuen Qiu (元秋) as the Landlady of the Pig Sty Alley. Selfish and domineering, she is a chain smoker with a loud voice, a side effect of her mastery of a Kung Fu technique known as the Lion's Roar. A skill extract from Jin Yong's famous The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.[13]
* Danny Chan Kwok Kwan (陳國坤) as Brother Sum, the shady leader of the Axe Gang. The Axe Gang is the most feared gang in Shanghai controlling many casinos, night clubs and restaurants. The gang is notorious for its axe-wielding gangmen.
* Leung Siu Lung (梁小龍) as the Beast, officially the world's top killer, a fact belied by his unkempt appearance. He has killed many in his quest to find a worthy opponent all to no avail. Therefore, he had himself committed to a mental asylum, until Sing freed him to deal with the Landlord and his wife. His final skill he used on Sing; The Toad Stance was another skill extract from Jin yong's classic martial arts novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes.[13]
* Chiu Chi Ling (趙志淩) as the gay Tailor of Pig Sty Alley. This retired Kung Fu master specialises in the art of Hung Gar Iron Fist kung fu (洪家鐵線拳), and fights with iron rings around his arms.
* Dong Zhi Hua (董志華) as Donut, a baker in Pig Sty Alley who is a retired Kung Fu master. He specialises in the Eight Trigram Staff (五郎八卦棍).
* Xing Yu (行宇) as the Coolie, a Kung Fu master specialising in Twelve Kicks of the Tam School (十二路潭腿).
* Lam Chi Chung (林子聰) as Bone, Sing's sidekick.
* Huang Sheng Yi (黃聖依) as Fong, Sing's mute love interest. Back in her childhood, she was saved by Sing from a gang of bullies. Ever since then, she has viewed him as her hero. In the present day, she works as an ice-cream vendor.
* Tin Kai Man (田啟文) as the advisor of Brother Sum, the leader of the Axe Gang.
* Gar Hong Hay (賈康熙) and Fung Hak On (馮克安) as the Harpists, two killers hired by the Axe Gang to wipe out the Coolie, Tailor and Donut. Their instrument is the guzheng, or "Chinese harp".
* Lam Suet (林雪) and Liang Hsiao as high ranking members of the Axe Gang.
* Yuen Cheung Yan (袁祥仁) as the Beggar who sold Sing the Buddhist Palm manual.

Original Sound Track :
1. Kung Fu 1
2. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
3. Fisherman's Song of the East China Sea
4. Ambush from All Sides
5. Allego Molto Vivace
6. Moderato
7. Decree of the Sichuan General
8. Midnight Assassin
9. The Blade of Gu Gin
10. Night Club Band
11. Sabre Dance
12. Daring General
13. Casino Fight
14. Realization
15. Ying Xiong Men Zhan Sheng Le Da Du He
16. Dagger Society Suite
16. Dagger Society Suite
17. Fisherman's Song of the East China Sea
18. Buddhist Palm
19. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Plot / Synopsis :
The work of international superstar Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle is a humorous, special-effects-filled, action-packed martial arts epic set in early '40s China. A bumbling thief named Sing (
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Stephen Chow) desires to be the toughest member of the dreaded gangster hit squad known as The Axe Gang, but to completely join the gang he has to commit murder. When Sing attempts to rob a crowded run-down apartment complex known as Pig Sty Alley, the locals begin to defend themselves with some high-flying kung fu skills, and a tiny war erupts between the local masters and the axe-wielding gang. After the gang busts the ancient kung fu king known as The Beast (Leung Siu Lung) out of jail, tensions reach a boiling point as Pig Sty Alley's landlady (Yuen Qiu) leads an all-out attack against the gang and Sing discovers his true heroic fate. Kung Fu Hustle, which set box-office records across Asia during its December 2004 release, also stars Yuen Wah and Xing Yu, and features fight choreography by legendary masters of martial arts cinema Yuen Woo Ping and Sammo Hung.

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