Half a Loaf of Kung Fu

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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Original Hong Kong poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	一招半式闖江湖
Simplified Chinese	一招半式闯江湖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yī Zhāo Bàn Shì Chuǎng Jiāng Hú Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jat1 Ziu1 Bun3 Sik1 Cong2 Gong1 Wu4
Directed by	Chen Chi-hwa
Written by	Jackie Chan Tang Ming-chi
Produced by	Lo Wei Hsu Li-hwa
Starring	Jackie Chan Dean Shek James Tien Doris Lung Wu Ma
Cinematography	Chen Chin-kui
Edited by	Leong Wing-chan
Music by	Frankie Chan Tomita Isao Winston Sharples Sammy Lerner (Popeye theme song)
Distributed by	Lo Wei Motion Picture Company
Release date	1 July 1978 (1978-7-1)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	US$8.3 million (East Asia) 49,652 tickets (France)

Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (Chinese: 一招半式闖江湖) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chen Chi-hwa, and starring Jackie Chan, who also wrote the screenplay with Tang Ming-chi. The film co-stars Dean Shek, James Tien, Doris Lung, and Wu Ma. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 1 July 1978. Chan plays a bumbling kung fu student who becomes involved in a series of adventures^[1] in one of his first forays into the kung fu acrobatic slapstick comedy style that would become his signature.^[2]

In the film, the martial arts student is caught spying on an evil witch. He is later attacked by the witch, but is rescued by his next kung fu teacher. The film is a parody of the stoic depictions of martial artists in "serious" martial arts films.^[3]