The Mad Monk
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The Mad Monk is a 1993 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film starring Stephen Chow as a mischievous deity sent to Earth to reform his ways.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Mad Monk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7968610 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mad Monk Context triple: [Law Kar-ying, notableWork, The Mad Monk]
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A.
Meddling Monk
The Meddling Monk is a renegade Time Lord from the Doctor Who universe who uses time travel to interfere with historical events for his own mischievous purposes.
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B.
Father of All Monks
Father of All Monks is an honorific title given to Anthony the Great, recognizing him as a pioneering founder and model of Christian monasticism.
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C.
Monk's Dream
"Monk's Dream" is a landmark jazz album by pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, celebrated for its distinctive improvisational style and status as one of his most acclaimed recordings.
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D.
The White Monkey
The White Monkey is a 1924 novel by John Galsworthy, part of his Forsyte-related “A Modern Comedy” trilogy, exploring post–World War I English society and changing social values.
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E.
The Little Monk
The Little Monk is a young, devout cleric in Bertolt Brecht’s play "Life of Galileo" who embodies the moral and religious conflict stirred by Galileo’s scientific discoveries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mad Monk Target entity description: The Mad Monk is a 1993 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film starring Stephen Chow as a mischievous deity sent to Earth to reform his ways.
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A.
Meddling Monk
The Meddling Monk is a renegade Time Lord from the Doctor Who universe who uses time travel to interfere with historical events for his own mischievous purposes.
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B.
Father of All Monks
Father of All Monks is an honorific title given to Anthony the Great, recognizing him as a pioneering founder and model of Christian monasticism.
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C.
Monk's Dream
"Monk's Dream" is a landmark jazz album by pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, celebrated for its distinctive improvisational style and status as one of his most acclaimed recordings.
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D.
The White Monkey
The White Monkey is a 1924 novel by John Galsworthy, part of his Forsyte-related “A Modern Comedy” trilogy, exploring post–World War I English society and changing social values.
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E.
The Little Monk
The Little Monk is a young, devout cleric in Bertolt Brecht’s play "Life of Galileo" who embodies the moral and religious conflict stirred by Galileo’s scientific discoveries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Mad Monk Ji Gong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ji Gong folklore ⓘ |
| character |
Chung Chau
NERFINISHED
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Dragon Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ Ji Gong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseTitle | 濟公 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Poon Hang-sang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Johnnie To NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Wong Wing-ming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
reincarnation trials
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romantic subplot ⓘ slapstick comedy ⓘ supernatural powers ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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fantasy ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | fantasy martial arts comedy ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| homeMediaFormat |
DVD
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VCD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Stephen Chow as Ji Gong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | monk ⓘ |
| mainCharacterType | deity ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Hu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
karma
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redemption ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ |
| notableFor | Stephen Chow’s mo lei tau comedy style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Cantonese ⓘ |
| partOf | Hong Kong New Wave–era commercial cinema ⓘ |
| producer |
Stephen Chow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vincent Kok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cosmopolitan Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseRegion | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 89 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James Yuen
NERFINISHED
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Lawrence Cheng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Song dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Maggie Cheung
NERFINISHED
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Ng Man-tat NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Chow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | ancient China ⓘ |
| title | The Mad Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mad Monk Description of subject: The Mad Monk is a 1993 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film starring Stephen Chow as a mischievous deity sent to Earth to reform his ways.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.