Gwai ma kwong seung kuk (2004)

A wizard faces ridicule when she is magically summoned in 1960s Hong Kong by a trio of bumbling detectives.

Director:

Ka-Fai Wai

Writers:

Ka-Fai Wai, Kin-Yee Au

Stars:

Cecilia Cheung, Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cecilia Cheung	...	Harmy BoBo
Ching Wan Lau	...	Director (as Lau Ching Wan)
Louis Koo	...	Sam
Jordan Chan	...	Fugu
Francis Ng	...	Kin
Christy Chung	...	Jane Lam / Little Britney
Charlene Choi	...	Chopstick sister
Gillian Chung	...	Chopstick sister
Ho Lung Cheung	...	Lotus Gangster (as Ronnie Cheung)
Marco Lok	...	Lotus Gangster
Sze-Ming Lu	...	Lotus Gangster (as Johnny Lu)
Max Chan	...	Lotus Gangster
Eric Kot	...	Muo Street Cleaner (as Kot Man Fai)
You-Nam Wong	...	Black Suit Thief (as Wong You Nam)
Tien You Chui	...	Black Suit Thief (as Chui Tien You)

Storyline

In Hong Kong of 1969, three detectives: Director, Fugu, and Sam live a normal life. They work, eat, sleep, and live in their huge office/apartment on the second floor of an office building. They normally go out to fight crime. One case, however, changed their lives greatly. Fugu brings home a magic lamp and some other broken antiques after a tussle with two thieves at an antique shop. Thinking the lamp will grant him some wishes, he rubs it and wishes to marry his cousin, Jane. He later leaves for the US. Right after he leaves, a friendly witch named Harmy BoBo comes out of the lamp and tries to grant Sam and the Director the wishes. Only Fugu, however, can have the wishes since he rubbed the lamp first. BoBo does not know Fugu left the country, and Sam and Director does not know BoBo is a witch. BoBo decides to spend a few nights with the two detectives. She later gets robbed by the Lotus Seed Gang and leaves her twin cousins (who are originally chopsticks) behind. The twin cousins ...

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Plot Keywords:

fight | twin | chopstick | antique shop | 1960s | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English French Thai Mandarin Tibetan

Release Date:

15 January 2004 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Fantasia

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

China Star Entertainment, One Hundred Years of Film Company, Sil-Metropole Organisation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofs Jurassic Park (1993)

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Soundtracks

"Genius and Idiot"
Performed by Ronald Cheng

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