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WriterMan Keung Chan, Stephen Chow, Xin Huo, Kan-Cheung Tsang Initial releaseDecember 20, 2004 (Singapore) LanguagesStandard Cantonese, Standard Mandarin Music directorStephen Chow, Raymond Wong, Luo Zong Xian, Hang Yi CastStephen Chow (Sing), Yuen Wah (Landlord), Yuen Qiu (Landlady), Lam Tze-Chung (Sing's sidekick), Huang Sheng-Yi (Fong), Dung Chi-Wa (Donut - Hexagonal Staff)
TaglineFrom walking disaster to kung fu master. SimilarRoyal Flush Gang, Yancy Street Gang, Olsen Gang
☯ 3 Masters (Shi Xing Yu) vs Axe Gang - Kung Fu Hustle ☯
The Axe Gang is a reference to a gang founded in 1921, but is currently used for show in cinema. It has appeared in a few Hong Kong martial arts films, the most recent being the Hong Kong film Ip Man.
The fictional version of the Axe Gang is based on a real-life Axe Gang in Shanghai around Japanese Occupation with a leader named Wang Ya Qiao.
In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
In the martial-arts film Kung Fu Hustle, the Axe Gang is run in a way very similar to the Italian crime mafia families or perhaps to the major Chinese Triads. The Axe Gang is led by Brother Sum. Two crossed axes forming an "X" can be seen as their recognizable logo in Kung Fu Hustle, which many if not all members have tattooed on their bodies somewhere, visible or otherwise. The gang is shown doing dance moves in Kung Fu Hustle reminiscent of 50s musicals.
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Stephen Chow directed Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. Stephen Chow directed Kung Fu Hustle and CJ7. Yu Xing appears in Kung Fu Hustle and Ip Man. The Legend of Drunken Master (1994). Chandni Chowk to China (2009).