Question: Kung-Fu Master is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game produced by Irem as arcade game in 1984 and distributed by Data East in North America, the game was initially released in Japan under the title of Spartan X, as a tie-in based on the Jackie Chan film "Wheels on Meals", a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film written and directed by who, who also starred in the film?

Context articles: TAD Corporation
Vigilante (video game)
Spartan X 2
Wheels on Meals
The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan
Kung-Fu Master
X-Men (1992 video game)
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (video game)
Avengers in Galactic Storm

TAD Corporation (TADコーポレーション ) was a Japanese manufacturer of video arcade games that was founded and headquartered in Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
 It was founded by former employees of the company Data East and was named after its founder and owner name Tadashi "TAD" Yokoyama.
 They are best known for their first video arcade game, the 1988 shooting gallery-type "Cabal", as well as their second one, the 1989 run 'n' gun-style platformer "Toki" (known in Japan as "JuJu Densetsu").
 In Japan, Taito, Tecmo and Sammy assisted TAD in distributing their arcade titles, while Fabtek distributed every arcade title of TAD's internationally with permission (who were also known for internationally distributing arcade titles by Seibu Kaihatsu with permission).
 TAD Corporation also licensed its titles for arcade-to-console porting to other companies such as Ocean Software, Milton Bradley, Rare, Taito and Sega; however, only "Cabal" and "Toki" received home ports.
 After the release of their last two arcade titles both in 1992 : the beat 'em up "Saishu Kakutou Kizoku Legionnaire", and the run 'n gun "Heated Barrel"; TAD Corporation quietly abandoned its production on February 5, 1993 .
 After ending its business, members were traded to Mitchell Corporation.
Vigilante (ビジランテ ) is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Irem in Japan and Europe and published in North America by Data East.
 It is considered as a spiritual sequel to Irem's earlier "Kung-Fu Master".
Spartan X 2 (スパルタンＸ２ , Suparutan Ekusu Tsū ) is a 1991 beat 'em up video game developed by Tamtex and published by Irem exclusively in Japan for the Family Computer.
 It is a sequel to Irem's 1984 coin-operated video game "Spartan X" (released internationally by Data East under the title of "Kung-Fu Master"), which was later ported to the Family Computer by Nintendo in 1985 .
 It did not receive a North American release until 2016, when it was included as a built-in title for the Retro-Bit Generations retro video game console under the name Kung-Fu Master 2 .
Wheels on Meals () is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the film.
 The film co-stars Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao.
The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan (カンフーマスター ジャッキー・チェン ) is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by Kaneko.
 It features the Hong Kong celebrity, Jackie Chan, who was also the producer of it, while it also features other actors from some of Jackie Chan's films.
Kung-Fu Master is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game produced by Irem as arcade game in 1984 and distributed by Data East in North America.
 The game was initially released in Japan under the title of Spartan X (スパルタンX , Suparutan X ) as a tie-in based on the Jackie Chan film "Wheels on Meals" (which was distributed under the same title in Japan); however, the game has no bearing on the plot of the film outside the names of the protagonist and his girlfriend, allowing Irem to export the game without the license by simply changing the title.
X-Men is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1992.
 It is a side-scrolling beat 'em up based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name.
 The character designs of the X-Men and the supervillains in the game are based on the 1989 X-Men pilot episode "".
 In the game, players control one of the six playable X-Men to defeat their enemy Magneto.
 Konami made a six-player version of the game utilizing two screens housed in a deluxe cabinet.
Ninja Baseball Bat Man, known in Japan as Yakyū Kakutō League Man (野球格闘リーグマン , Yakyū Kakutō Rīgu Man , "Baseball Hand-to-Hand Fighting League Man") , is a 1993 beat 'em up developed and published by Irem Corporation (now known as Irem Software Engineering) in association with its North American division Irem America exclusively as an arcade game.
 It is the fourth arcade game by IREM to use a belt scroll perspective, following "Blade Master", "Hook" and "Undercover Cops".
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, released in Japan as Cadillacs Kyouryuu Shinseiki (キャディラックス 恐竜新世紀 , Kyadirakkusu Kyōryū Shinseki ) is a 1993 arcade game by Capcom.
 It is a side-scrolling beat 'em up based on the comic book series "Xenozoic Tales".
 The game was produced as a tie-in to the short-lived "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" animated series which was aired during the same year the game was released.
Avengers in Galactic Storm (アベンジャーズ・イン・ギャラクティックストーム ) is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by Data East.
 It features a single or two-player story mode or multiplayer head-to-head mode, and was the first modern fighting game to feature assistant characters commonly referred to by gamers either as "helpers" or "strikers".
 The game is based on characters in the Marvel universe, primarily The Avengers but also the Kree.
 The game's plot and roster of playable characters is based on the "" story arc.
 Before their bankruptcy in 2003 , it was one of Data East's last fighting games, as well as their third and last game based on The Avengers after their two 1991 video games: the "Captain America and The Avengers" Beat 'em up arcade and the NES platform game of the same name.