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Director
  
Daniel Lee

Budget
  
30 million USD

Duration
  

5.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Drama, Romance

Music director
  
Henry Lai

Country
  
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Language
  
CantoneseMandarinKorean

Release date
  
27 November 2003 (2003-11-27)

Writer
  
Yin Han Chow, Abe Kwong, Daniel Lee

Initial release
  
November 27, 2003 (Hong Kong)

Cast
  
(Bond Cheung), (Tank Wong), (Mei Chung),
Roy Chow
,
Wong Yau-Nam
(Lau),
Shaun Tam
(Chris Young)

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Star runner


Star Runner (Chinese: 少年阿虎), (also known in the United States as The Kumite), is a 2003 Hong Kong action/romance film co-written and directed by Daniel Lee. It is rated PG-13; "For intense sequences of martial arts action violence" by the MPAA.

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Plot

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Bond Cheung (Vanness Wu) is a high school student in Hong Kong who has a strong passion for Muay Thai kick boxing. He trains at a local boxing gym, and is instructed by the Kong Ching team trainer Lau (Gordon Liu), in an effort to be a competitor in the Star Runner Pan Asian Martial Arts Competition. While attending summer courses, he is attracted to his new Korean teacher Kim Mei Chiu (Kim Hyun-Joo). It is revealed that she is recovering from a break-up in Korea with a former lover and has come to Hong Kong to start over. The two start off as friends, but after a series of fateful events occur, feelings spark, and they eventually begin seeing one another, in spite of the controversy that it creates. Then abruptly, Bond is kicked off the Kong Ching team, regarding with his coach's financial troubles, which angers him and believes that his chance in entering the competition is gone. Soon after, he is confronted by an unexpected new trainer Bill (Max Mok Siu Chung), a washed-up but well experienced former martial arts champion. After some compensation, Bill teaches Bond Chinese Kung Fu (Wing Chun, Hong Kuen) as alternative and effective fighting techniques to his kick boxing. Regained confidence, Bond then decides to enter the competition on his own, with Bill as his advisor and cornerman and they become the team Fusion Tao. The event draws entries of 18 boxing organizations from 12 countries, along with its most lethal fighter Tank Wong (Andy On) from Soul Boxing Gym team. As his relationship with Kim becomes stable, Kim's former lover sees her again, asking for forgiveness, saying that he still loves her. With her feelings torn, she decides to go back to Korea with him, but is still having second thoughts about her feelings for Bond. In the competition however, competitors are slowly eliminated one by one, as the epic fight between Bond and Tank draws closer and what will determine both fighters' destiny.

Cast

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  • Vanness Wu as Bond Cheung
  • Kim Hyun-joo as Kim Mei Chiu (Bond's love interest)
  • Max Mok as Coach Bill (Bond's trainer)
  • Wong You-Nam as Lau
  • Andy On as Tank Wong
  • Shaun Tam as Chris Young
  • Chin Kar-lok as "Senior" Ho
  • Gordon Liu as Coach Lau (Bond's former trainer)
  • Ken Lo as Benny Wong (Tank's trainer & older brother)
  • Lung Ti as Brother Lung (Wing Chun teacher)
  • Graham Player as Father Sun (Hong Kuen teacher)
  • David Chiang as Bond's grandfather
  • Awards and nominations

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    23rd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards

    Star Runner Star Runner 2003 Two Degrees

  • Winner - Best New Artist (Andy On)
  • Nomination - Best New Artist (Vanness Wu)
  • Nomination - Best Action Choreography (Chin Kar-Lok)

  • Star Runner Star Runner 2003


    Star Runner Siu nin a Fu 2003 IMDb

    Star Runner STAR RUNNER Part 18 engsub YouTube

    References

    Star Runner Wikipedia
    Star Runner IMDb Star Runner themoviedb.org