How to Meet the Lucky Stars
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How to Meet the Lucky Stars is a 1996
Hong Kong film
and the final film in the Lucky Stars
film series. Featuring the "Lucky Stars" Sammo Hung
(in his original role and another role as a cop), Eric Tsang
, Richard Ng
, Stanley Fung
, Michael Miu
and new cast member Vincent Lau as Hung's younger cousin and Françoise Yip
as their love interest (except for Hung and Lau). Also featuring a number of guest appearances including Natalis Chan
, Chen Kuan Tai
, Cheng Pei-pei
, Chan Hung Lit
and Nora Miao
. Produced by Eric Tsang
, directed by Frankie Chan
with action choreography by Yuen Cheung-Yan
and Mars
.The film was released as a benefit film for the famous Hong Kong film director, Lo Wei
, who died in 1996.
) lost to the lacivious, psychotic lesbian queen of gamblers Sheung Kung Fei Fa aka "The Gambling Flower" (Kung Suet Fa) which caused him to commit suicide. His daughter Wai Lam (Fung Sau Yin) vows to avenge her fathers death and get help from her late father's good friend. Uncle Wah (Cho Tat Wah
), who is a police inspector. Wah also enlists the "Lucky Stars" to assist him.
.
Hong Kong films of 1996
A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 1996:.-1996:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 1996 at...
Hong Kong film
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
and the final film in the Lucky Stars
Lucky Stars
Lucky Stars Lucky Stars Lucky Stars (or Five Lucky Stars; was a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s, blending Chinese martial arts with bawdy comedy...
film series. Featuring the "Lucky Stars" Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...
(in his original role and another role as a cop), Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...
, Richard Ng
Richard Ng
Richard Ng Yiu-Hon is a Hong Kong actor. He is known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 90s.-Film and television career:...
, Stanley Fung
Stanley Fung
Stanley Fung Shui-fan is a Hong Kong actor and film director. He was one of the Lucky Stars.-Filmography:*I Love Hong Kong *Vengeance *Accident *Hooked On You - Miu's Dad*Love Is a Many Stupid Thing...
, Michael Miu
Michael Miu
Michael Miu Kiu-wai is a Hong Kong television and film actor. He was considered as one of the most popular young actors of the 1980s, and along with Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Felix Wong, and Kent Tong, he was a member of TVB's Five Tigers...
and new cast member Vincent Lau as Hung's younger cousin and Françoise Yip
Françoise Yip
Françoise Fong-Wa Yip is a Canadian actress.Yip was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was raised in Toronto. Her father is Chinese, and her mother is Québécoise. At an early age Yip began studying both piano and dance, but it was piano that she would excel at...
as their love interest (except for Hung and Lau). Also featuring a number of guest appearances including Natalis Chan
Natalis Chan
Natalis Chan Pak-Cheung, born 3 December 1950 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong television host, film actor and producer.Besides his duties as a variety show host, he has also been a horse racing commentator and horse trainer...
, Chen Kuan Tai
Chen Kuan Tai
Chen Kuan-tai is a Chinese martial arts film star. He has primarily appeared in Shaw Brothers productions, and was one of the first solid trained, martial arts stars employed by the company...
, Cheng Pei-pei
Cheng Pei-pei
Cheng Pei-pei is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s...
, Chan Hung Lit
Chan Hung Lit
Chan Hung-lit , also known as Chen Hung-lieh and Golden Chan, was a Shaw Brothers actor famous for portraying villains from the 1960s to 1980s. In his acting hiatus, Chan was involved in the garment industry. He later resumed his acting career by joining TVB in 1995, left the following year and did...
and Nora Miao
Nora Miao
Nora Miao ); born February 8, 1952 ) is a Hong Kong actress who appeared in many kung-fu films in the 1970s. She was contracted to Golden Harvest, and spent her time making films in Hong Kong and in Taiwan, where she starred in several romance movies....
. Produced by Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...
, directed by Frankie Chan
Frankie Chan
Frankie Chan Fan-kei is a Chinese actor, film director, producer, action director, and composer.Chan is best known to Hong Kong action cinema fans as the main antagonist in Sammo Hung's The Prodigal Son where he faces Yuen Biao in the final reel...
with action choreography by Yuen Cheung-Yan
Yuen Cheung-Yan
Yuen Cheung-Yan is an actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with Yuen Woo-Ping and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them bizarre kung fu comedies such as...
and Mars
Mars (actor)
Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:...
.The film was released as a benefit film for the famous Hong Kong film director, Lo Wei
Lo Wei
Lo Wei was a famous Hong Kong film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury....
, who died in 1996.
Synopsis
During an International Gambling Competition, "The King of Gamblers" Lui Tin (Chen Kuan TaiChen Kuan Tai
Chen Kuan-tai is a Chinese martial arts film star. He has primarily appeared in Shaw Brothers productions, and was one of the first solid trained, martial arts stars employed by the company...
) lost to the lacivious, psychotic lesbian queen of gamblers Sheung Kung Fei Fa aka "The Gambling Flower" (Kung Suet Fa) which caused him to commit suicide. His daughter Wai Lam (Fung Sau Yin) vows to avenge her fathers death and get help from her late father's good friend. Uncle Wah (Cho Tat Wah
Cho Tat Wah
Cho Tat-wah or Tso Tat-wah was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous for the roles he played in a number of Wuxia films in the 1950s and 1960s....
), who is a police inspector. Wah also enlists the "Lucky Stars" to assist him.
The Lucky Stars
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Sammo Hung Sammo Hung Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema... |
Eric / Kidstuff / Chi Koo Choi |
| Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"... |
Roundhead / Lo Han-Kuo |
| Richard Ng Richard Ng Richard Ng Yiu-Hon is a Hong Kong actor. He is known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 90s.-Film and television career:... |
Sandy / Dee |
| Stanley Fung Stanley Fung Stanley Fung Shui-fan is a Hong Kong actor and film director. He was one of the Lucky Stars.-Filmography:*I Love Hong Kong *Vengeance *Accident *Hooked On You - Miu's Dad*Love Is a Many Stupid Thing... |
Rawhide / Rhino Skin |
| Michael Miu Michael Miu Michael Miu Kiu-wai is a Hong Kong television and film actor. He was considered as one of the most popular young actors of the 1980s, and along with Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Felix Wong, and Kent Tong, he was a member of TVB's Five Tigers... |
Pagoda / Ginseng |
| Vincent Lau | Leung |
The Female Team
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Françoise Yip Françoise Yip Françoise Fong-Wa Yip is a Canadian actress.Yip was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was raised in Toronto. Her father is Chinese, and her mother is Québécoise. At an early age Yip began studying both piano and dance, but it was piano that she would excel at... |
Francoise |
| Kung Suet Fa | Sheung Kung Fei Fa aka "The Gambling Flower" |
| Fung Sau Yin | Lui Wai Lam |
| Diana Pang Diana Pang Diana Pang is a Hong Kong dancer and actress, born on 10 November 1972 in Changsha, Hunan.She was a member of Beijing Ballet Troupe for three years . Her family moved to the USA in 1990, and she entered the Dance Faculty of Juilliard School, New York City to study ballet... |
Bo Bo |
Police force
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Cho Tat Wah Cho Tat Wah Cho Tat-wah or Tso Tat-wah was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous for the roles he played in a number of Wuxia films in the 1950s and 1960s.... |
Uncle Wah |
| Sammo Hung Sammo Hung Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema... |
Big Head Tai Lam Choi |
Guest star
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Natalis Chan Natalis Chan Natalis Chan Pak-Cheung, born 3 December 1950 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong television host, film actor and producer.Besides his duties as a variety show host, he has also been a horse racing commentator and horse trainer... |
King of Swindler |
| Chen Kuan Tai Chen Kuan Tai Chen Kuan-tai is a Chinese martial arts film star. He has primarily appeared in Shaw Brothers productions, and was one of the first solid trained, martial arts stars employed by the company... |
Lui Tin aka "The King of Gamblers" |
| Cheng Pei-pei Cheng Pei-pei Cheng Pei-pei is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s... |
Chu Ba |
| Nora Miao Nora Miao Nora Miao ); born February 8, 1952 ) is a Hong Kong actress who appeared in many kung-fu films in the 1970s. She was contracted to Golden Harvest, and spent her time making films in Hong Kong and in Taiwan, where she starred in several romance movies.... |
Gamble Announcer |
| Mark Houghton | Blonde Henchmen |
| Kim Penn | Niki (uncredited) |
Cameo appearance
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Chan Hung Lit Chan Hung Lit Chan Hung-lit , also known as Chen Hung-lieh and Golden Chan, was a Shaw Brothers actor famous for portraying villains from the 1960s to 1980s. In his acting hiatus, Chan was involved in the garment industry. He later resumed his acting career by joining TVB in 1995, left the following year and did... |
Supreme of Gamblers |
| Wong Yat Shan | Cheung Fan |
| Shing Fui-On Shing Fui-On Shing Fui On was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his supporting roles in Hong Kong cinema. He had only one leading role in his entire career.-Biography:... |
Tai Sor (Big Crazy) |
| Kingdom Yuen Kingdom Yuen -Filmography:-References:... |
Tai Sor's wife |
| Joe Ma | |
| Tony Liu Tony Liu Tony Liu Yung is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He often appeared in martial arts films. He debuted in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and later appeared in Lee's next three films.-Early life:... |
Gambler |
| Yuen Cheung-Yan Yuen Cheung-Yan Yuen Cheung-Yan is an actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with Yuen Woo-Ping and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them bizarre kung fu comedies such as... |
Mahjong Player |
| Mars Mars (actor) Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:... |
Mahjong Player |
| Lau Shek Ming | Gambler |
| Benny Lai | Henchmen |
| Anthony Carpio | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Johnny Cheung | Henchman |
| Rocky Lai | Henchman |
| William Tuen | Gambler |
| Gabriel Wong | Man in Green Suit |
Box office
This film grossed HK $2,084,545 during its theatrical run from 4 July - 19 July 1996 in Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
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External links
- How to Meet the Lucky Stars at Hong Kong CinemagicHong Kong CinemagicHong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people that created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people,...