The Eighth Happiness (1988)
"Baat seng bou hei" (original title)

Three brothers try to make ends meet when they concoct plans to be one big family of eight. Cooking expert Mr. Fong goes through high and low to court Opera performer Wu Hsiu-Fang, Gigolo ... See full summary »

Director:

Johnnie To

Writers:

Philip Cheng, Man Fai Ng,

Stars:

Yun-Fat Chow, Bak-Ming Wong, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yun-Fat Chow	...	'Handsome' Long (as Chow Yun Fat)
Bak-Ming Wong	...	Mr. Fong
Carol 'Do Do' Cheng	...	Do-Do
Bo-Bo Fung	...	Wu Hsiu-Fang
Jacky Cheung	...	San
Fennie Yuen	...	Ying-Ying
Cherie Chung	...	Beautiful
Lawrence Cheng	...	Beautiful's Boyfriend
Heung Kam Lee	...	Ying-Ying's Mother
Michael Chow Man-Kin	...	Ying-Ying's Boyfriend
Kwan Yuen Wong	...	Ming-Ming
Charlie Cho	...	Do Do's Prospective Suitor
Mang-Ha Cheng	...	Old Woman Driver
Teddy Robin Kwan	...	Hsiu-Fang's Husband
Ringo Lam	...	Audience Member

Storyline

Three brothers try to make ends meet when they concoct plans to be one big family of eight. Cooking expert Mr. Fong goes through high and low to court Opera performer Wu Hsiu-Fang, Gigolo wanna-be "Handsome" Lung has one girlfriend too many and Yuppie San just wants to be happy with girlfriend Ying-Ying.

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Plot Keywords:

slapstick | opera spoof

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

11 February 1988 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Ba xing bao xi

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema City

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as All's Well, Ends Well 2012 (2012)

User Reviews

Non-stop fun.

While the plot of this movie is funny unto itself, the one true reason to see this film is the *incredible* performance by Chow Yun-Fat. You've seen him as the ruthless cop, the compassionate assassin, the toughened prison inmate. Now you can see him as " a sissy girl" (to quote the subtitles in the plot) - but it's all a sham to cover the fact he's a shameless womanizer. Well, it makes sense when you see the film.

Also included is one of the wildest spoofs of Chinese opera you'll ever see.

Funny from the opening credits ("The Blue Danube Waltz" with Chinese lyrics!) to the end of the closing credits. Obscene telephone calls, Chow Yun-Fat crossdressing, a sword-wielding mom and Cherie Cheung in a wild cameo role as a girl just wanting to have fun. What more could you want?

Super fun.