Hong Kong Synopsis
拳精
Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Spiritual Kung Fu. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Lo Wei Motion Picture Co.
The 1977–1979 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 1977-1979 Hong Kong release window, Spiritual Kung Fu sits at #45 of 56. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
1978 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 22 titles released, including Spiritual Kung Fu. Bars below show how the 1970s stacked up year by year (122 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Hong Kong films in 1978.
The 109th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
71 audience reviews — more than 76% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 80th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #648 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #419 of 516 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Lo Wei Motion Picture Co. |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | November 23, 1978 |
| IMDb | tt0078128 |