Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Coming Out at 5 July 2001 in theaters.
“Siu Lam juk kau”
Action, Comedy, Family
Shaolin Soccer is sports comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role. A former Shaolin monk reunites his five brothers, years after their master’s death, to apply their superhuman martial arts skills to play football and bring Shaolin kung fu to the masses.
Sing is a master of Shaolin kung fu, whose goal in life is to promote the spiritual and practical benefits of the art to modern society. He experiments with various methods, but none bear positive results. He then meets Golden Foot Fung, a legendary Hong Kong soccer star in his day, who is now walking with a limp, following the betrayal of a former teammate Hung, now a rich businessman.
Sing explains his desires to Fung who offers his services to coach Sing in soccer. Sing is compelled by the idea of promoting kung fu through soccer and agrees to enlist his former Shaolin brothers to form a team under Fung’s management. Sing and Fung attempt to put together an unbeatable soccer team. Fung invites a vicious team to play against them and the thugs proceed to give the Shaolin team a brutal beating. When all seems lost, the Shaolin disciples reawaken and utilise their special powers, dismantling the other team’s rough play easily. The thugs then give up and ask to join Sing’s team.
Director: Stephen Chow
Writers: Stephen Chow, Kan-Cheung Tsang, Min-Hun Fung, Chi Keung Fung, Marc Handler, Wei Lu
Stars: Stephen Chow, Wei Zhao, Yat-Fei Wong, Man-Tat Ng, Yin Tse, Hui Li, Cecilia Cheung, Tze-Chung Lam
Cast:
| Stephen Chow | … | Mighty Steel Leg Sing |
| Man-Tat Ng | … | Golden Leg Fung |
| Wei Zhao | … | Mui |
| Yin Tse | … | Team Evil Coach Hung |
| Hui Li | … | Banana Peel Girl |
| Cecilia Cheung | … | Team Moustache Player 1 |
| Karen Mok | … | Team Moustache Player 2 |
| Vincent Kok | … | Team Puma Leader |
| Kai-Man Tin | … | Iron Shirt Tin (Third Brother) |
| Yat-Fei Wong | … | Iron Head (First Brother) |
| Tze-Chung Lam | … | Light Weight (Small Brother) |
| Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan | … | Lightning Hands (Fourth Brother) |
| Meilin Mo | … | Hooking Leg (Second Brother) |
| Ming Ming Zhang | … | Little Hung |
| Pu Ye Dong | … | Little Fung |
| Shi Zi Yun | … | Team Evil Center |
| Hua Cao | … | Team Evil Goalie |
| Li Bin Hong | … | Team Evil Player 1 |
| Zhao Yong | … | Team Evil Player 2 |
| Shi Heng Jiang | … | Team Evil Player 3 |
| Shi Heng Jie | … | Team Evil Player 4 |
| Hu Shao Qi | … | Team Evil Player 5 |
| Chi-Sing Lam | … | Team Gangster Player 1 |
| Xiao Long Yuan | … | Team Gangster Player 2 |
| Siu-Lung Yuen | … | Team Gangster Player 2 |
| Ming-Kin Wong | … | Team Gangster Player 3 |
| Hoi-Ying Lo | … | Team Gangster Player 4 |
| Xian Jian Rong | … | Team Gangster Player 5 |
| Ma Jun Long | … | Team Gangster Player 6 |
| Yao Xu | … | Team Gangster Player 7 |
| Kin-Yan Lee | … | Manny (as Lee Kin Yan) |
| Min-Hun Fung | … | Team Gangster Leader |
| Na Tsyi | … | Sweetie |
| Wai-Man Mok | … | Hung’s Driver |
| Sun Chang Meng | … | Hung’s Assistant |
| Nang Yang | … | Butcher |
| Wen Hui He | … | Street Singer |
| Lu Wei | … | Reporter |
| Chi-Wah Tse | … | General Manager of Karaoke |
| Sun Chi Wing | … | Manager |
| Yan Kit Wong | … | Referee |
| Stephen Apostolina | … | Announcer #2 (voice) |
| Steve Bulen | … | Golden Leg Fung (voice) |
| Richard Cansino | … | Hotel Guy (voice) |
| Elisa Gabrielli | … | Team Moustache Players (voice) |
| Bridget Hoffman | … | Mui’s Boss (voice) |
| Richard Steven Horvitz | … | Team Gangster Leader (voice) |
| Steve Kramer | … | Hung’s assistant (voice) |
| Emil Lin | … | Mighty Steel Leg Sing (voice) |
| Lucy Lin | … | Reporter (voice) |
| Bai Ling | … | Mui (voice) |
| Susan Marque | … | Banana Peel Girl (voice) |
| Randall Montgomery | … | Iron Head (voice) |
| Steve Pinto | … | Iron Shirt Tin (voice) |
| Stuart Robinson | … | Hooking Leg (voice) |
| Tom Romero | … | Iron Head (voice) |
| Skip Stellrecht | … | Lift Man (voice) |
| Jessica Straus | … | Mui (voice) |
| Kirk Thornton | … | Announcer #1 / Coach Hung (voice) |
| Brian Tochi | … | Mighty Steel Leg Sing (voice) |
| Ping Wu | … | Bulldog (voice) |
| Ron Yuan | … | Referee (voice) |
| Nicholas Tse | … | Young Hung |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia