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.
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 Dicky Cheung as Lun Man-chui Aaron Kwok as Lau Sin-hoi Vivian Chow as Ching-ching Ng Man-tat as Headmaster Heung Bryan Leung as Lee Tai-chun / Lee Man-lung Gordon Liu as His Excellency Kent Cheng as Fat Cat Kingdom Yuen as Lun Man-chui's mother Johnny Tang as Tang Lin-yu Anderson Junior as Oriental College's spectacled bully Michael Chow as Oriental College's bully Wong San as Mr. Chin Sam Wong as Eunuch Ngai Hoi Sang Lee as Copper Head Chan Tik-hak as Casino manager Teresa Ha as Granny beggar Wong Yat-fei as Oriental College's servant Wong Wai-wu as Waiter Shui Bobby Yip as Lau Sin-hoi's servant beating Fat Cat Joey Leung as Lau Sin-hoi's friend Gabriel Wong as Oriental College's quiz contestant Lo Hung as College quiz moderator Peter Lai as Lu Restaurant's boss Pak Yan as Tang Lin-yu's mother Baby Bo as Ching-ching's cousin Ho Pak-kwong as Cantonese Association representative Ling Hon as Oriental College headmaster Wong Hung as tea house waiter Cheng Ka-sang as lecherous customer Tony Tam as one of Eunuch's men Wong Ka-leung as one of Eunuch's men
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.
References
External links
Kung Fu Scholar at Hong Kong Cinemagic
The Kung Fu Scholar film review at LoveHKFilm.com