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My Young Auntie

Original title: Zhang bei
  • 19811981
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  • 2h 1m
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My Young Auntie (1981)
A woman's martial-arts skills are put to the test as she tries to protect the deeds to property she recently inherited.
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Cheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. Tai-Nan... Read allCheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. Tai-Nan is young enough to be his granddaughter, but still agrees to marry her master so that all... Read allCheng Tai-Nan (Kara Hui) is an honest and faithful servant of a dying patriarch who wants nothing more than to protect his vast wealth from his selfish, conniving nephew, Yung-Sheng. Tai-Nan is young enough to be his granddaughter, but still agrees to marry her master so that all of his wealth will be lawfully safe with her so she can then transfer it to Ching-Chuen (... Read all
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    • Chia-Liang Liu
    • Chia-Liang Liu(screenplay)
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    • Chia-Liang Liu
    • Kara Wai
    • Hou Hsiao
    • Chia-Liang Liu
    • Chia-Liang Liu(screenplay)
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    • Kara Wai
    • Hou Hsiao
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    Chia-Liang Liu
    Chia-Liang Liu
    • Yu Ching-Chuen
    Kara Wai
    Kara Wai
    • Cheng Tai-Nan
    • (as Kara Hui)
    Hou Hsiao
    • Charlie Yu Tao
    Lung-Wei Wang
    Lung-Wei Wang
    • Yu Yung-Sheng
    Tung-Kua Ai
    Tung-Kua Ai
    Kwok Keung Chan
      Wing-Hon Cheung
      Wing-Hon Cheung
      Pa-Ching Huang
      • Yu Yan Sang
      Yeong-moon Kwon
        Hsing-Chao Lai
        • Boat passenger
        King-Chu Lee
        King-Chu Lee
        Ta Lei
        Ta Lei
        • Boat passenger
        Hsueh-Ming Liao
        Hua Lin
        • Spectator
        Hui-Huang Lin
        Hui-Huang Lin
        Ke-Ming Lin
        Ke-Ming Lin
        Chia-Hui Liu
        Chia-Hui Liu
        • James
        Hua-Chang Lu
          • Chia-Liang Liu
          • Chia-Liang Liu(screenplay)
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        • Trivia
          Kara Hui shot the rickshaw scene while recovering from an appendectomy. She had to move very carefully or risk tearing out the stitches.
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          Featured in Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011)

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        Comic kung fu with the lovely Kara Hui Ying Hung
        MY YOUNG AUNTIE (1981) is a clever Hong Kong comedy incorporating kung fu battles, starring and directed by master kung fu director Lau Kar Leung (aka Liu Chia Liang), who takes a break here from more intense kung fu fests like THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN and EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN. The story, set in the early 20th century, involves a dispute over family property after Lau is visited by the very pretty young widow (Kara Hui Ying Hung) of his aged uncle. Because of her status as the wife of the eldest family member, she's considered the senior member and the others defer to her. (She also knows kung fu.) When another, greedier relative, played by perennial villain Wang Lung Wei, disputes the will, this leads to a major kung fu battle between Lau and Wang. Appearing in a comic supporting role as a guitar-strumming college boy is Gordon Liu.

        Much of the comedy arises from country bumpkin-in-the-big city-type gags as the young widow, newly arrived from the rural countryside, tries to fit in. At one point, she buys a whole new outfit, overdressing in a fancy white gown, high heels and jewelry, but she winds up getting into a kung fu fight anyway. At one point the college boys stage a costume ball: Kara goes as Marie Antoinette, while her great nephew, played by Hsiao Hou, who's the same age as her, goes as Robin Hood. Gordon Liu is one of the Three Musketeers and gets into a sword fight with a couple of thugs dressed as musketeers also. It's all a lot of fun, as long as you don't mind the comedy upstaging the kung fu for a change.
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        • May 11, 2001

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          • 1981 (Hong Kong)
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          • Cantonese
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