See-Bar

See-Bar, also known as God Father is a 1980 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Dennis Yu in his directorial debut and starring Chow Yun-fat, Dorothy Yu, Roy Chiao and Pai Ying.

See-Bar
Traditional Chinese	師爸
Simplified Chinese	师爸
Hanyu Pinyin	Shī Bà
Jyutping	Si1 Baa4
Directed by	Dennis Yu
Screenplay by	Thomas Tang
Produced by	David Tong
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Dorothy Yu Roy Chiao Pai Ying
Cinematography	Johnny Koo
Edited by	Yu Kwok-fung
Music by	Norman Law Frankie Chan
Production company	David & David Investment (Film Dept.) Production
Distributed by	Bang Bang Films
Release date	23 January 1980 (1980-01-23)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Plot

Kit works at his uncle Ching's car repair shop. Due to his reckless personality, Kit engages in a motorcycle race against a rascal, Q, and wrecks Q's bike, much to the dissatisfaction of the latter. Q and his acquaintances retaliate by wrecking Ching's repair shop and towing the vehicles away.

To get even with Q, Kit goes to an underground casino owned by triads, hoping to use swindling skills which he learned from his godfather, Kan, to win a large sum of money. Kan was one of the Double Supreme Conmen of Shanghai, but went anonymous after getting tired of jinag hu affairs. Kan advises against Kit from going back to the casino, but Kit goes anyway, wanting to help his uncle. However, Kit's swindling skills backfire, and he ends up owing a large amount.

Q's boss, Kwok Sin, is a businessman who manages a financial company on the surface, but in actuality, he is a triad member who secretly operates businesses in prostitution, gambling and drugs. To force Kit to pay his debts, Kwok orders his underlings to destroy his uncle's repair shop. Seeing his uncle's effort of many years being destroyed, Kit goes to his godfather for help, who promises to help him by asking Kit to search for his old partner, Chu Tung-san.

Chu Tung-san changed his name to Chu Kam-tau. As the Double Supreme Conmen of Shanghai reunite after many years, they both sigh about the past. Chu decides to help Kit by setting up a scam involving a major trading business. The greedy Kwok wants to join in. Chu and Kit scam Kwok by snatching a case of cash from Kwok during the trade. Kwok gives chases but cannot catch them. Kwok, who is hunted by his boss, Mr. Mo, for losing all his money, attempts to rob a bank with his underlings but is captured by the police. Kit visits Kwok in prison and mocks him.

Cast

• Chow Yun-fat as Kit
• Dorothy Yu as Mei
• Roy Chiao as Ghost Eye Chu Tung-san
• Pai Ying as Kwok Sin
• Wong Ching as Yuen the smuggler
• Chiang Nan as Kan
• Ng Wui as Uncle Ching
• Steve Lee as Kit's cousin
• Alexander Chan
• Hon Lai-fan as Biker firl
• Lau Nga-lai as Yan's daughter
• Chiang Kam as Mechanic
• Yeung Yau-cheung as Government official
• Mok Chui-yan
• Bruce Mang as Q's buddy
• Stephen Wong
• Tam Tin-nam as Mr. Mo
• Lau Kwok-shing as Q
• Sau Lee-sam
• Pong Cheuk-lam as Yan
• Homer Cheung as One of Mr. Mo's men
• Wong Chik-sam as Mr. Ngok
• Hung Fung as One of Mr. Mo's men
• Fo Yi
• Lee Wai-mui
• Chui Wan-sang
• Fung Yun-chuen
• Nam Wai as Thug

Theme song

• Aspire to Travel Far (志在四方)
  • Composer: Joseph Koo
  • Lyricist: Thomas Tang
  • Singer: Roman Tam

Critical reception

So Good Reviews gave the film a negative review criticizing its lack of interest, humor and excitement with only a sole funny scene.

See also

• Chow Yun-fat filmography

External links

• See-Bar at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• See-Bar at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• See-Bar at IMDb