The Eighth Happiness (八星報喜) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring an ensemble cast of Chow Yun-fat, Raymond Wong, Jacky Cheung, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Fung Bo Bo and Fennie Yuen. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.[1] The film centers around three brothers Fong Kim-long (Chow Yun-fat), Fong Kim-fai (Raymond Wong Pak-ming) and Fong Kim-sang (Jacky Cheung). One day, their telephone line failed, they meet their future wife because of this incident.
| The Eighth Happiness | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 八星報喜 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 八星报喜 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Johnnie To | ||||||||||
| Written by | Philip Cheng Raymond Wong | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||
| Starring | Chow Yun-fat Raymond Wong Jacky Cheung Carol Cheng Cherie Chung Fung Bo Bo Fennie Yuen | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Joe Chan Paul Chan | ||||||||||
| Edited by | David Wu | ||||||||||
| Music by | Tony Lo | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | Cinema City & Films Co. | ||||||||||
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Running time | 91 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$37,090,776 | ||||||||||
Cast
edit- Chow Yun-fat as 'Handsome' Fong Kim-long
- Raymond Wong as Fong Kim-Fai
- Jacky Cheung as Fong Kim-sang
- Carol Cheng as DoDo
- Fennie Yuen as Ying-ying
- Cherie Chung as Beautiful
- Michael Chow as Ying-ying's boyfriend
- Lawrence Cheng as Beautiful's boyfriend
- Charlie Cho as DoDo's prospective suitor
- Fung Bo Bo as Ng Fan-fong
- Teddy Robin as Fan-fong's husband
- Wong Kwan-yuen as Ming-ming
- Cheng Mang-ha as Old woman driver
- Ying Sau Hui as Old man driver
- Ringo Lam as Audience member (cameo)
- Karl Maka as Audience member (cameo)
- John Shum as Audience member (cameo)
Box office
editThe film grossed HK$37,090,776 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 11 February to 30 March 1988 and was the top-grossing film of 1988 in Hong Kong[2] and the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Top 20 All-Time Grossers (Chinese films)". Variety. 1 February 1989. p. 119.
- ^ "'Go Johnnie To' series will show movies of Hong Kong director".
External links
edit- The Eighth Happiness at IMDb
- The Eighth Happiness at Rotten Tomatoes
- HK cinemagic entry
- loveHKfilm entry
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