2001 martial arts sports comedy film by Stephen Chow
Shaolin Soccer
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
少林足球
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Shàolín Zúqiú
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Siu3Lam4 Zuk1Kau4
Directed by
Stephen Chow
Written by
Stephen Chow
Tsang Kan-cheung
Produced by
Yeung Kwok-Fai
Starring
Stephen Chow
Zhao Wei
Ng Man-tat
Patrick Tse
Danny Chan Kwok-kwan
Cinematography
Kwen Pak-Huen
Kwong Ting-wo
Edited by
Kai Kit-Wai
Music by
Lowell Lo
Raymond Wong
Production companies
Star Overseas Ltd
Universe Entertainment Ltd
Distributed by
Universe Entertainment Ltd.
Release date
12 July 2001 (2001-07-12)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese Mandarin Chinese
Budget
US$10 million[2]
Box office
US$42.8 million[3]
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.
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