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11 February 1988 (Hong Kong)
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Three brothers try to make ends meet when they concoct plans to be one big family of eight. Cooking expert Mr...
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Non-stop fun.
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Cast
(in credits order) | 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 |
| Mengxia Zheng | ... | Old Woman Driver |
| Teddy Robin Kwan | ... | Hsiu-Fang's Husband |
| Ringo Lam | ... | Audience Member |
| Karl Maka | ... | Audience Member |
| John Sham | ... | Audience Member |
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| Johnnie To | |||
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| Philip Cheng | writer | |
| Bak-Ming Wong | writer | |
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| David Wu | |||
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| Man Chuen Chow | .... | makeup artist | |
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- Cinema City (as Cinema City Company Limited)
- Spike K.K. (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
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"Baat seng bou hei" - Hong Kong (original title)
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91 min
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References "Mong chung yan" (1979)See more »
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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.