Shaolin Soccer

Shaolin Soccer
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese少林足球
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShàolín Zúqiú
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSiu3Lam4 Zuk1Kau4
Directed byStephen Chow
Written by
  • Stephen Chow
  • Tsang Kan-cheung
Produced byYeung Kwok-Fai
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byKai Kit-Wai
Music by
Production
companies
  • Star Overseas Ltd
  • Universe Entertainment Ltd
Distributed byUniverse Entertainment Ltd.
Release date
  • 12 July 2001 (2001-07-12)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin Chinese
BudgetUS$10 million[2]
Box officeUS$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.

  1. ^ "'Shaolin Soccer' (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 9 November 2004. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Shaolin Soccer (2004)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ^ Shaolin Soccer at Box Office Mojo


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