Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
Kung Pow!
Enter the Fist is a 2002 American martial arts comedy film that parodies Hong Kong action cinema.
Written, directed by and starring Steve Oedekerk, it uses footage from the 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film" Tiger& Crane Fists"( also called" Savage Killers"), along with new footage shot by Oedekerk, to create an original, unrelated plot.
The film was a moderate box office success, grossing$ 17 million worldwide, and received largely negative critical reviews but has since become a cult film.
A sequel, to be written and directed by Oedekerk, was announced in 2015.
Jimmy Wang Yu
Jimmy Wang Yu( born March 28, 1943) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.
Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in" One- Armed Swordsman", a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and" The Chinese Boxer"( 1970).
Sgt. Will Gardner
Sgt. Will Gardner is an American film directed and written by Max Martini.
The film stars Martini, Dermot Mulroney, Gary Sinise, and Robert Patrick, telling the story of a disabled Iraq
War veteran, Will Gardner, who is suffering from traumatic brain injury( TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder( PTSD) he sustained while in combat.
After a series of setbacks, he goes on a cross-country motorcycle journey to reassemble his life and his family.
Robert Stone (director)
Robert Stone is a British- American documentary filmmaker.
His work has been screened at dozens of film festivals and televised around the world, notably seven of his films have appeared on PBS's" American Experience" series and four of his films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival( including Closing Night Film in 2009).
Max Martini
Maximilian Carlo Martini( born December 11, 1969) is an American film, theater and television actor, writer, and director known for his roles as Corporal Fred Henderson in" Saving Private Ryan", Wiley in" Level 9", First Sergeant Sid Wojo in" The Great Raid", and as Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt on the military television drama," The Unit".
He also starred in the film.
Tiger & Crane Fists
Tiger& Crane Fists( AKA Savage Killers) is a 1976 kung fu movie, starring 70s Hong Kong star Jimmy Wang Yu.
The footage was later used in the comedy movie" Kung Pow! Enter the Fist".
The story concerns the Tiger and the Crane martial arts style of two schools that has been separated from each other for many years.
No one can determine which technique is the best.
Both organizations find they must put their differences aside and work together in order to defeat Lu Ting Chu, who is a nearly invincible lackey for Japanese occupational forces.
Defeating Chu is essential to repelling the Japanese invaders.
Kyōen Kobanzame
There are two parts of the film: the first part and the second part.
Both parts have the same staff and the same actors.
Josh Charles
Joshua Aaron Charles( born September 15, 1971) is an American actor.
He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on" Sports Night;" Will Gardner on" The Good Wife", which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations; and his early work as Knox Overstreet in" Dead Poets Society".
Charles K. Gifford
Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman.
He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016.
Fran Striker
Francis Hamilton" Fran" Striker( August 19, 1903 – September 4, 1962) was an American writer for radio and comics, best known for creating the Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon characters.

Question: Do both Sgt. Will Gardner and Tiger & Crane Fists films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no