Kung fu hustle in a 2004 hong kong - chinese kung fu action comedy film. Directed , co - produced and co - written by stephone chow , who also stars in the lead role , the other producers were chui - po - chu and and Jeffery lau and the screenplay was co - written with huoxin , chan man - keung , and tsang kan - cheung . Yeun wah , yeun qiu , dammy chan kwok kwok , and Bruce leung siu lung co - starred in prominent roles. After the commercial success of shaolin soccer .