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Stephen Chow's Football Comedy Casts a Korea-Like Team as Cheats, and Japan Piles On

Stephen Chow's new comedy Kung Fu Soccer features a women's team evoking Korea that wins through fouls and cheating, drawing anger in Korea. Japanese commenters reached first for sarcasm, citing memories of rough play in Japan-Korea matches. Alongside that ran a cooler reading of why Korea was chosen at all, given what a Chinese production can and cannot make into a villain.