The Eighth Happiness
1988 Hong Kong film
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| Traditional Chinese | 八星報喜 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 八星报喜 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Johnnie To | ||||||||||
| Written by | Philip Cheng Raymond Wong | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||
| Starring | Chow Yun-fat Raymond Wong Jacky Cheung Carol Cheng Cherie Chung Fung Bo Bo Fennie Yuen | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Joe Chan Paul Chan | ||||||||||
| Edited by | David Wu | ||||||||||
| Music by | Tony Lo | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | Cinema City & Films Co. | ||||||||||
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Running time | 91 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$37,090,776 | ||||||||||
The Eighth Happiness (八星報喜) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring an ensemble cast of Chow Yun-fat, Raymond Wong, Jacky Cheung, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Fung Bo Bo and Fennie Yuen. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.[1] The film centers around three brothers Fong Kim-long (Chow Yun-fat), Fong Kim-fai (Raymond Wong Pak-ming) and Fong Kim-sang (Jacky Cheung). One day, their telephone line failed, they meet their future wife because of this incident.
Cast
- Chow Yun-fat as 'Handsome' Fong Kim-long
- Raymond Wong as Fong Kim-Fai
- Jacky Cheung as Fong Kim-sang
- Carol Cheng as DoDo
- Fennie Yuen as Ying-ying
- Cherie Chung as Beautiful
- Michael Chow as Ying-ying's boyfriend
- Lawrence Cheng as Beautiful's boyfriend
- Charlie Cho as DoDo's prospective suitor
- Fung Bo Bo as Ng Fan-fong
- Teddy Robin as Fan-fong's husband
- Wong Kwan-yuen as Ming-ming
- Cheng Mang-ha as Old woman driver
- Ying Sau Hui as Old man driver
- Ringo Lam as Audience member (cameo)
- Karl Maka as Audience member (cameo)
- John Shum as Audience member (cameo)
Box office
The film grossed HK$37,090,776 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 11 February to 30 March 1988 and was the top-grossing film of 1988 in Hong Kong[2] and the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Top 20 All-Time Grossers (Chinese films)". Variety. 1 February 1989. p. 119.
- ^ "'Go Johnnie To' series will show movies of Hong Kong director".
External links
- The Eighth Happiness at IMDb
- The Eighth Happiness at Rotten Tomatoes
- HK cinemagic entry
- loveHKfilm entry
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Films directed by Johnnie To
- Happy Ghost III (1986)
- The Eighth Happiness (1988)
- All About Ah-Long (1989)
- The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990)
- Casino Raiders II (1991)
- Justice, My Foot! (1992)
- The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)
- The Heroic Trio (1993)
- The Mad Monk (1993)
- A Moment of Romance III (1996)
- Lifeline (1997)
- A Hero Never Dies (1998)
- Running Out of Time (1999)
- The Mission (1999)
- PTU (2003)
- Breaking News (2004)
- Throw Down (2004)
- Yesterday Once More (2004)
- Election (2005)
- Election 2 (2006)
- Exiled (2006)
- Linger (2008)
- Sparrow (2008)
- Vengeance (2009)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011)
- Life Without Principle (2011)
- Romancing in Thin Air (2012)
- Drug War (2012)
- Blind Detective (2013)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014)
- Office (2015)
- Three (2016)
- Chasing Dream (2019)
Wai Ka-fai
- Needing You... (2000)
- Wu yen (2001)
- Love on a Diet (2001)
- Fulltime Killer (2001)
- Fat Choi Spirit (2002)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
- Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
- Running on Karma (2003)
- Mad Detective (2007)
- The Big Heat (1988)
- The Royal Scoundrel (1991)
- Executioners (1993)
- Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
- Triangle (2007)
- Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
- Milkyway Image
- Filmography
- Awards and honors
- Tactical Unit series
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