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Half a loaf of kung fu ; Spiritual kung fu
Title
Half a loaf of kung fu ; Spiritual kung fu / Hsu Li-Hwa presents ; directed by Chan Chi-Hwa ; produced by Lo Wei ; screenplay by Tang Ming-Chi. Spiritual kung fu / Hsu Li-Hwa presents ; directed and produced by Lo Wei ; produced by Hsu Li-Hwa ; screenplay by Pan Lei.
Publication
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (194 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from disc label.
Both originally released as a motion pictures in 1978.
Wide screen.
Issued in a boxed set: Jackie Chan emergence of a superstar. which includes an accompanying 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations, color ; 17 cm).
Half a loaf of kung fu: Cantonese with English subtitles. Spiritual kung fu: Manadarin with English subtitles.
Summary
Half a loaf of kung fu: A wannabe kung-fu master assumes the identity of a dead hero and finds himself embroiled in a series of absurd misadventures as he searches for a pair of mystical artifacts.
Spiritual kung fu: A student at a Shaolin temple fights to protect his order with the help of five extraterrestrial spirits who train him in the arcane.
Variant and related titles
Half a loaf of kung fu
Spiritual kung fu
Yi zhao ban shi chuang jiang hu (Motion picture)
Quan jing (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Chinese
Added to Catalog
December 06, 2023
Series
The Criterion collection ; 1197
Jackie Chan emergence of a superstar ; one
Cast
Yi zhao ban shi chuang jiang hu = Half a loaf of kung fu : Jackie Chan, James Tien, Dean Shek, Doris Lung, Wu Ma.
Quan jing = Spiritual kung fu: Jackie Chan, James Tien, Dean Shek, Yuen Biao.
System details note
Blu-ray, wide screen (2.35:1 aspect ratio [Half a loaf of kung fu], 2.39:1 aspect ratio [Spiritual kung fu]); monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC3499BD-1 The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Martial arts films.
Comedy films.
Fantasy films.
Action and adventure films.
Video, Chinese.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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