Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
"Heung joh chow heung yau chow" (original title)

This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.

Directors:

Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai

Writers:

Jimmy Liao (illustrated book), Ka-Fai Wai,

Stars:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Edmund Chen

1 win & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Takeshi Kaneshiro	...	John Liu
Gigi Leung	...	Eve Choi
Edmund Chen	...	Dr. Hu
Wei-Lum Shu	...	June (as Shu Wei Lun)
Terri Kwan	...	Ruby
Shiu Hung Hui	...	George (as Hui Shiu Hung)
Suet Lam	...	Restaurant Manager (as Lam Suet)
Andy Tse	...	Music Producer (as Tse Loh Sze)
Te Chih Wang	...	Landlord (as Wang Te Chih)
Ku Wang Su-Chin	...	Landlady (as Ku Wang Su-chin)
Klaus Bru	...	Ghoul
Jimmy Liao	...	(as Jimmy Liao and family)
Suk-yee Chan	...	Dr. Hu (voice) (as Chan Suk Yee)
Angela Tong Ying-Ying	...	Ruby (voice) (as Angela Tong)

Storyline

This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.

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Plot Keywords:

umbrella | surrealism | apartment | irony

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Genres:

Romance

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong Singapore

Language:

Cantonese Mandarin Polish English German

Release Date:

11 September 2003 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Turn Left, Turn Right

Filming Locations:

Taipei City, Taiwan

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$788,416 (Hong Kong) (12 September 2003)

Gross:

$1,778,163 (Hong Kong) (17 October 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, Milky Way Image Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

John Liu: If two people meet and they both fall in love, that's destiny for sure.If neither loves the other, even if they meet millions of times, it's still not destiny.If one's in love and the other isn't, and the one who's in love grabs on and won't let go while the other just wants to run away, not only is it not destiny... It's pain.

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Soundtracks

"Heung yau chow, heung joh chow (Turn Left, Turn Right)"
(Mandarin Version)
Artist: Gigi Leung
Lyricist: Lin Xi
Composer/Music Arranger/Producer: Peter Kam
OP: Opus One Music Limited (administered by Universal Music Publishing Ltd.)/ Warner/Chappell Music,
H.K. Ltd.

User Reviews

Fairy tale for grownups

I loved this movie. I caught only the last half on TV recently and tracked down the full film to see all of it. I am not familiar with the original illustrated novel though. It is a fairy tale for grownups, with humour, sadness, and a bit of slapstick. Lovely Gigi Leung plays her part of Eve Loi the romantic day-dreaming and slightly clumsy lover of poetry delightfully, and handsome Takeshi Kaneshiro plays the romantic, awkward and intensely shy John Liu to perfection. I was glad the corny temptation to resist naming them Adam and Eve was resisted. The symmetry of the parallel events is fun to anticipate, and the anti-symmetry of the two evil counter-characters adds to the complexity and a foil to the perhaps a bit saccharine sweetness of the main plot and characters The incidental parallel sub-plot of the avaricious landlords also meeting and exchanging phone numbers in the rain is a nice touch. I can forgive the occasional technical hiccups and goofs for the sheer lovely romance that it is.