The Kung Fu Scholar

1994 · 94 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 190 VOTES · DIR. Norman Law Man

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Overview

Kung Fu Scholar is a comedy action starring Dicky Cheung. He wants to learn kung-fu, but his mother wants him to go to school. After losing a game with his mother, he's forced to attend school. Liu Sin-Hoi (Aaron Kwok) also attends the same school. The school's headmaster (Mau Tat) has a niece Ching Ching (Chow Wai Man) who's also been dropped off at the school by her parents. School has many regulations: One being you cannot court a woman. But guess what, it's love at first sight for Man Chui (Dicky Cheung) when he sees Ching Ching. There's a band of henchmen after prince eight, and Man Chui and Sin-Hoi gets entangled in their affairs.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,828 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:08 Pick pockets...
00:05:11 Where have you been?
00:08:18 Isn't it cheap?
00:11:07 Don't you?
00:14:20 You, dogs
00:17:30 I have written a wrong character
00:20:47 Why does her foot smell so badly!
00:26:11 What's the matter?
00:28:50 He won't be that poor
00:32:27 Who is your dad?
00:37:00 because we want no sexual discrimination
00:40:48 Because he hates it
00:44:07 The ink stone is round, the pen is sharp
00:47:39 No, I don't mean it
00:51:29 I will kill the one
00:55:34 What did you say?
00:58:19 Have you brought me the money?
01:00:50 Change it to big
01:05:28 Mr Hero, you look familiar, where have I seen you?
01:09:02 If you lose in the competition again, you will be punished
01:14:18 You are so straight forward, I appreciate it
01:17:54 Can you make it?
01:27:34 Why?
01:32:14 became the first Scholar from Canton

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,828
Dialogue density19.4 lines / min
First line00:01:08
Final line01:32:14

Production Record

DirectorNorman Law Man
LanguageChinese
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$5,000,000
IMDb votes190