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.

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instanceOf Hong Kong film
film
alternateTitle Mad Monk Ji Gong NERFINISHED
basedOn Ji Gong folklore
character Chung Chau NERFINISHED
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
romantic subplot
slapstick comedy
supernatural powers
filmingLocation Hong Kong NERFINISHED
genre comedy
fantasy
hasSubgenre fantasy martial arts comedy
hasTargetAudience general audience
homeMediaFormat DVD
VCD
VHS
leadActorRole Stephen Chow as Ji Gong NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation monk
mainCharacterType deity
musicBy William Hu NERFINISHED
narrativeTheme karma
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
Lawrence Cheng NERFINISHED
setting Song dynasty China NERFINISHED
starring Maggie Cheung NERFINISHED
Ng Man-tat NERFINISHED
Stephen Chow NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting ancient China
title The Mad Monk NERFINISHED

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Law Kar-ying notableWork The Mad Monk