Kung Fu Tootsie is a 2007

2007 in film

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 Thai

Cinema of Thailand

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 action

Action film

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-comedy film

Comedy film

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 written and directed by Jaturong Mokjok.

Title

The English title of the film is an allusion

Allusion

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 to the 1982 American comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 Tootsie

Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job. The movie stars Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange, with a supporting cast that includes Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman,...

. A Thai slang term for transvestite or effeminate man, toot (ตุ๊ด), comes from the first syllable of Tootsie. The Thai name of the film, Tat soo foot is a Thai spoonerism

Spoonerism

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 for toot soo fat, which translates roughly as "butt-kicking sissy".

Plot

Kung Fu Tootsie is set in Hong Kong, the story of Tien and Tao, twins separated at birth. When Tao, living with his wealthy mafioso father, Ma Yong Hai, is mutilated by a rival gang, Ma must find his lost son Tien, living in poverty with his mother, to become the next head of the family.

Antics ensue, however, when Tien turns out to be more 'Sonny and Cher' than 'Sonny Corleone'.

Cast

• Sittichai Pabchompoo (Boy) as Tien
• Koti Arambawy as Kaytree
• Charoenporn Awnlamai
• Jim Chuancheun as Mha-yonghai
• Erik Markus Schuetz as Mr. Jonas
• Jaturong Mokjok as Foey
• Kreangsak Riantong as Sienpau
• Pokchat Thiamchai (Jip) as Poey-Poey
• Note Chern-Yim
• Tanai Sripinyo