Kung Fu Hustle
Summary: In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
Release Date: April 22, 2005
Director:
Stephen Chow
Runtime: 1 h 39 min
MPAA: R
Production: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Huayi Brothers Media, Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd., Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), The Fourth Production Company Film Group, Star Overseas, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures
Language: Chinese
Movie budget: $ 20,000,000
Domestic: $ 17,108,591
International: $ 87,773,854
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