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Spiritual Kung Fu

Original title: Quan jing
  • 19781978
  • PGPG
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
2.3K
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Jackie Chan in Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
ActionComedyFantasy
A goofy student is taught a lost martial art style by five ghosts.A goofy student is taught a lost martial art style by five ghosts.A goofy student is taught a lost martial art style by five ghosts.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Wei Lo
  • Writer
    • Lei Pan
  • Stars
    • Jackie Chan
    • Chih-Ping Chiang
    • Hsiu-yi Fang
  • Director
    • Wei Lo
  • Writer
    • Lei Pan
  • Stars
    • Jackie Chan
    • Chih-Ping Chiang
    • Hsiu-yi Fang
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    • 20User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan
    • Yi-Lang
    Chih-Ping Chiang
    Hsiu-yi Fang
    Hong Hsu
    Yuan Hsu
    Ching Fu Li
    Hai Lung Li
    Tung-Chun Li
    Wen-Tai Li
    Wen-Tai Li
    Szu-Cheng Mu
      Kang Peng
      Kap-Sung Ra
        Li Rung Chuen
        Dean Shek
        Dean Shek
        • Shaolin Student
        James Tien
        James Tien
        • Luk
        Li-Peng Wan
        Li-Peng Wan
        Kuang Yu Wang
        Kuang Yu Wang
        Yao Wang
        Yao Wang
        • Director
          • Wei Lo
        • Writer
          • Lei Pan
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        • Trivia
          Along with Dragon Fist (1979), this movie was filmed in early 1978. As Wei Lo's studio went bankrupt, they shelved both movies due to cost-cutting measures and Chan was loaned out to Seasonal Films for a two-picture deal. While there, he made Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) and Drunken Master (1978) with Woo-Ping Yuen. The success of these two movies at the domestic box-office prompted Lo to give belated releases to this movie and Dragon Fist (1979).
        • Goofs
          When one of the ghosts tease Yi-Lang with the candle it is clear that there is a pane of glass between Yi-Lang and the candle because there is a clear reflection of that candle visible on-screen.
        • Alternate versions
          In at least the Mandarin, French and English export versions, Ya Long is knocked out with a chop to the neck. In the Cantonese version, he is knocked out with poison.
        • Connections
          Edited into Fearless Hyena 2 (1983)
        • Soundtracks
          Beat
          (theme of the Masters of the Five Fists)

          Performed by Kitaro

        User reviews20

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        6/10
        Comedy Gold
        I watched this movie a few month back. It's plot is pretty forgettable, same for the fighting scenes. For the most part the movie is cliché-ridden and steadily mediocre, but there is one, big exception.Around the half of the first hour of the movie there is this scene that will stay with me forever. As you might have figured out from the synopsis, the ghosts that haunt Jackie are the big part of this movie. Before the said scene they appear a few times, later they teach him some moves and thank to that Jackie wins the final fight. But the first encounter between the ghost and Jackie is one of the funniest moments in all of Jackie Chan's films. The poor special effects, the ridiculous script (Jackie starts peeing at the ghost), the whole insanity of seeing a fake skeleton bounce on the screen because the guy used X-Ray Vision scroll and looked at his friend is more then enough reason to watch this movie. I haven't laughed much at the movie for a long time, and I'm happy that I saw this low-budget martial arts extravaganza.

        In conclusion if you have the opportunity to watch this movie, please do. The first 1/3 is pretty boring, and for the rest of the movie you wish that the craziness that occurred around 30 minutes in repeats itself, but sadly that doesn't happen. But this 10 minute segment of Jackie playing around with ghost is more than enough for you to rent this movie.
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        • Release date
          • November 23, 1978 (Hong Kong)
        • Countries of origin
          • Hong Kong
          • Taiwan
        • Languages
          • Cantonese
          • Mandarin
        • Also known as
          • Meister aller Klassen 2
        • Filming locations
          • Hong Kong, China
        • Production company
          • Lo Wei Motion Picture Company
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 39 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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