The Kung Fu Scholar

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The Kung Fu Scholar
TheKungFuScholar.jpg
Taiwanese film poster with alternate Chinese title
Traditional Chinese 倫文敘老點柳先開
Simplified Chinese 伦文叙老点柳先开
Hanyu Pinyin Lún Wénxù Lǎodiǎn Liǔ Xiānkāi
Jyutping Leon4 Man4 Zeoi6 Lou5 Dim2 Lau2 Sin1 Hoi1
Directed byNorman Law
Written byYip Kai
Lai Man Cheuk
Produced byRover Tang
Alan Tang
Starring Aaron Kwok
Vivian Chow
Dicky Cheung
Ng Man-tat
Bryan Leung
Gordon Liu
CinematographyJoe Chan
Lau Hung-chuen
Edited byPoon Hung
Music by Henry Lai Wan-man
Tang Siu-lam
Distributed by In-Gear Films
Release date
  • 13 January 1994 (1994-01-13)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$8,384,786

The Kung Fu Scholar is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Norman Law and starring Aaron Kwok, Vivian Chow and Dicky Cheung.

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Plot

Lun Man-chui (Dicky Cheung) and Lau Sin-hoi (Aaron Kwok) are students at Ming College who always disputed with each other. Lun is a poor but smart scholar who liked to do petty tricks on others. Lau is a straightforward and smart man who is martial artist since he was a kid. They both fall for their beautiful classmate Ching-ching (Vivian Chow), who is Headmaster Heung's (Ng Man-tat) niece. Later, a competition arises between Ming College and its rival, Oriental College. To win in the competition, Headmaster Heung hires martial arts expert Lee Tai-chun (Bryan Leung) to teach the students. Lee is being pursued by Imperial Secret Agents and took the job to cover up his real identity. On the day of the competition, Lee was found by the Imperial Secret Agents, however, with the help of Lun and Lau, Lee manages to escape and they make their way back to the competition and triumphed. From then on, Lun and Lau become best friends.

Cast

Box office

The film grossed HK$8,384,786 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 13 to 16 January in Hong Kong.

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