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New Movie: Kung Fu-kun

March 28th, 2008 by James

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Chinese child martial artist Zhang Zhuang will be hitting Japanese theaters tomorrow with the release of Kung Fu-kun, a wacky action comedy that teams the kid up with al all-star cast of Japanese celebrities and comedians. Here’s the official film trailer and a plot summary from Eigapedia:

A young shaolin martial arts student defeats a series of foes and is told his final enemy is located in Japan. When he arrives he befriends a middle-aged woman who manages a Chinese restaraunt called Koraku. Together they get mixed up in various kung fu mayhem.

And a video of Zhang Zhuang showing off some cool moves on a morning news program:

If you’re interested in this movie, you might want to check out Mark Schilling’s review of it over at the Japan Times.

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[props to Danny Choo for discovering these cool videos!]



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7 Comments »

Comment by Alec
2008-03-28 20:32:50

Haha, he’s so cute when he’s fighting the three big guys in black.

I wonder if this’ll be shown much in China; might help foster Sino-Japanese relations just a little bit.

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Comment by Timotei
2008-03-28 20:52:51

Don’t know if this movie is gonna be a hit or sh*t, but hey it may just be a awesome movie.

The little guy is quite cool. ^^;

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Comment by jjjtango
2008-03-29 06:58:24

This is either the funniest or stupidest thing I have seen in a while.

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2008-03-30 07:25:21

I’d watch it. I am absolutely certain it will be better than Taitei no Ken!

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Comment by Matt
2008-03-30 16:27:19

This video of a live TBS broadcast is a little disturbing. Zhang Zhuang starts bleeding pretty badly – makes you wonder the level to which he is being exploited…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LqXTjMa_eE

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