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Shaolin Soccer
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Shaolin Soccer is a 2001 action comedy and martial arts film directed, written, and produced by Stephen Chow. The cast includes Chow, Zhao Wei, Danny Chan, and Ng Man-tat. Originating in Hong Kong with Cantonese dialogue, the narrative is set in Shanghai and centers on association football and Shaolin Kung Fu. The film was distributed by Netflix and Miramax, with production companies including Star Overseas and Universe Entertainment.
The movie received the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film and holds a PG-13 rating. It has garnered various review scores, including 7.1/10, 7.3/10, and 90/100. Financial data indicates a budget of 10,000,005 and revenue of 42,776,760. The film has been referenced by 239 other encyclopedia articles and is available via video on demand.
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Film · TMDB
7.2A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Cast
- Stephen Chow as Mighty Steel Leg / Sing
- Richard Ng Man-Tat as Fung
- Vicky Zhao Wei as Mui
- Patrick Tse Yin as Hung
- Karen Mok Man-Wai as Team Moustache Player #2
- Wong Yat-Fei as Iron Head
Themes
- martial arts
- kung fu
- sports
- steel helmet
- stadium
- champion
- shaolin
- football (soccer)
- football (soccer) player
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
95,575 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 12 wins & 19 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Traditional chinese
- 少林足球
- Hanyu pinyin
- Shàolín Zúqiú
- Jyutping
- Siu3Lam4 Zuk1Kau4
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- Cantonese
- Main subject
- Shaolin Kung Fu
- Director
- Stephen Chow
- Composer
- Raymond Wong
- Producer
- Stephen Chow
- Narrative location
- Shanghai
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 840049
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/shaolin-soccer
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- publication date
- 2005-06-03
- title
- Shaolin Soccer
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 68/100
Sources (14)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Directed byStephen Chow Written by Stephen Chow
Tsang Kan-cheung
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shaolin Soccer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.