China Kung Fu Dunk is a China–Hong Kong and Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
功夫灌篮
Shi-Jie is a brilliant martial artist from the Kung Fu School. One day, he encounters a group of youths playing basketball and shows off how easy it is for him, with his martial arts training, to do a Slam Dunk. Watching him was Chen-Li, a shrewd businessman, who recruits him to play varsity basketball at the local university.
China × Hong Kong and Taiwan Co-Production
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kung Fu Dunk. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shanghai Film Group
Action + Adventure in China
135 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kung Fu Dunk itself).
The 2007–2009 China Window
In the crowded 2007-2009 China release window, Kung Fu Dunk sits at #47 of 63. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kung Fu Dunk premiered alongside 16 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 38m runtime, production spent $102K per minute on screen and earned $234K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other China films in 2008.
The 175th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
189 audience reviews — more than 84% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 80th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kung Fu Dunk, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- chinese · 17
- university · 12
- basketball · 7
- martial arts · 369
- sports · 59
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #786 of 946 China films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #251 of 319 (top 79%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Shanghai Film Group, Chang-Hong Channel Film & Video Co., JCE Movies |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | February 7, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt0848538 |
| Official Site | kungfudunk.scholarfilms.com.tw |