Hong Kong Night Club (1997)
"Hon Kon daiyasokai: Tatchi & Magi" (original title)

Shibata and Tategami are Japanese journalists hiding out in the Lost City Night Club to elude the triads. Shibata falls in love with the club's hottest singer, Cora, but is hampered by his ... See full summary »

Director:

Takayoshi Watanabe

Stars:

Stephen Au, Shingo Katori, Gorô Kishitani

Cast

Credited cast:
Stephen Au	...	Michael
Shingo Katori	...	Shibata / Maggie
Gorô Kishitani	...	Tategami
Turbo Kong	...	Night Club Performer
Do-Yu Lee
Richard Ng	...	Yu Ten-sen
Wai-Keung Tung
Anita Yuen	...	Cora

Storyline

Shibata and Tategami are Japanese journalists hiding out in the Lost City Night Club to elude the triads. Shibata falls in love with the club's hottest singer, Cora, but is hampered by his disguise - as a woman. She in turn loves Tachikami, who is gay, and desires Shibata.

Details

Country:

Japan

Release Date:

31 May 1997 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Hong Kong Night Club

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amuse, Nippon Television Music (NTVM) K.K., Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

English title is Hong Kong Night Club - good action comedy

This is an unusual Japan/Hong Kong collaboration. Japanese director Tayayoshi Watanabe creates a great action comedy much funnier and with better action and music track than most Hong Kong films instead of typical HK slapstick. Hong Kong Night Club is more like a decent Japan or American action comedy. Also there is a gay interest story mixed into a hetero romantic triangle. The story involves two investigative Japanese reporters who arrive just before the 1997 Hong Kong hand-over to China. They are investigating Triad involvement in the new, soon to be China owned Hong Kong. Since the triads are so prevalent, they end up getting more involved than they wanted, and are running for their lives from the gangsters who do not want to be reported about. This is a very entertaining movie, and not just the usual fare. Since the two lead roles are Japanese, most of the dialog is in Japanese, with a lot of Cantonese spoken by the other Hong Kong actors.