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Spiritual Kung Fu

Spiritual Kung Fu

19785.91h 39m

Overview

Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.

Directed by Lo Wei
Written by Pan Lei
Produced by Hsu Li-Hwa
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Top Cast

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Yi-Lang

James Tien Chun

James Tien Chun

Lu Qing

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Wu Wen-Siu

Miss Fong

Li Kun

Li Kun

Monk

Dean Shek Tin

Dean Shek Tin

Shaolin Student

Mu Szu-Cheng

Mu Szu-Cheng

Lee Hae-ryong

Lee Hae-ryong

Blind Abbot

Wong Ching

Wong Ching

Lu Qing's Man

Bang Su-il

Bang Su-il

M

Mo Man-Sau

Ms. Fong

Themes & Keywords

martial artstempletrainingshaolin

About Spiritual Kung Fu

Spiritual Kung Fu is a action film released in 1978 exploring themes of martial arts, temple, training, shaolin. Directed by Lo Wei, it stars Jackie Chan, James Tien Chun, Wu Wen-Siu. Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.

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