Shaolin Soccer () occurs as 2001 Hong Kong comedy directed by acclaimed HK comedian, actor and director, Stephen Chow.

Synopsis
Shaolin Soccer tells a story of Sing (Stephen Chow), a master of Shaolinquan Kung Fu whose mission is to let a world know all about do you need the ancient system. He experiments by using various methods to mainstream the art, including comedic song & dance routines, until his meeting by using a soccer coach, Fung (Ng Man-Tat), leads him to think of incorporating it sustaining association football. Together by having his fellow Shaolin brother students, Sing and Fung attempt to together an unbeatable association football team.

Interesting Facts
A humour within Shaolin Soccer involves Mo lei tau; Chinese wordplay, gross-out gags, parodies of popular films (including The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan and Jurassic Park), and numerous across-a-extraordinary action scenes mimicking a wuxia genre.

Using the gross of HK$66M, Shaolin Soccer became a greatest grossing film within Hong Kong history, to be surpassed by Stephen Chow's next film, Kung Fu Hustle.

Miramax released an edited version of Shaolin Soccer in the The states market in April Second, 2004. Missing concluded Twenty proceedings of footage & featuring English dubbing, a Miramax release come under heavily criticism from either either Hong Kong film fans-does'nt to mention pack professional failure from humans world health organization experienced bought a import DVD tierce years sooner-leading a studio to reinstate two a excised footage & a original Chinese language audio as a viewer guide for the America DVD release.

Puma apparel is featured prominently inside about each scene. Each opposing team wears Catamount, & a Shaolin team itself has Painter shoes. "The Cat" is besides utilized around the favorite results shot, in which the association football ball morphs into the flaming comet then into a fiery felis concolor.

the possibility of a sequel to Shaolin Soccer was referenced inside Chow's next film, Kung Fu Hustle. Around his foremost appearance in the film, Chow stomps in the association football ball when doing two or three tricks, deflating it, & yells "No more soccer!"

Cast
Stephen Chow - Steel Leg Sing (Ng Sihing 五師兄, Brother #5) Vicki Zhao - T'ai Chi Kung Fu master Mui) Ng Man Tat - Golden Leg Fung Patrick Tse - Hung Wong Yut Fei - Iron Head (Tai Sihing 太師兄, Big Brother #1) Tin Kai Man - Iron Shirt (Sam Sihing 三師兄, Brother #3) Lam Chi Chung - Light Weight (Sidai 師弟, Little Brother #6) Chan Kwok Kuen - Empty Hand (Say Sihing 四師兄, Brother #4) Lam Chi-Sing - Hooking Leg (Yi Sihing 二師兄, Brother #2) Sik Chi Wan - FF of Team Evil

Awards
21st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards Winner - Right Picture Winner - Right Director (Stephen Chow) Winner - Right Actor (Stephen Chow) Winner - Right Supporting Actor (Wong Yat-Fei) Winner - Right Healthy Effect Winner - Right Ocular Effect Winner - Spectacular Young Director (Stephen Chow) Nomination - Right Action Choreography Nomination - Right Cinematography Nomination - Right Costume Design Nomination - Right Editing Nomination - Right Screenplay Nomination - Right Original Film Score Nomination - Right Original Song

Eighth Annual Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Winner - Right Picture