The Eighth Happiness
| The Eighth Happiness | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Traditional | 八星報喜 |
| Simplified | 八星报喜 |
| Mandarin | Bā Xīng Bào Xǐ |
| Cantonese | Baat3 Sing1 Bou3 Hei2 |
| Directed by | Johnnie To |
| Produced by | Raymond Wong |
| Written by |
Philip Cheng Raymond Wong |
| Starring |
Chow Yun-fat Raymond Wong Jacky Cheung Carol Cheng Cherie Chung Fung Bo Bo Fennie Yuen |
| Music by | Tony Lo |
| Cinematography |
Joe Chan Paul Chan |
| Edited by | David Wu |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Cinema City & Films Co. |
Release dates | 11 February 1988 |
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.
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 (cameo)
- Ringo Lam as Audience member (cameo)
- Karl Maka as Audience member (cameo)
- John Shum as Audience member (cameo)
- Wong Kwan-yuen as Ming-,ing
- Cheng Mang-ha as Old woman driver
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.[1]
References
External links
- The Eighth Happiness at the Internet Movie Database
- The Eighth Happiness at Rotten Tomatoes
- HK cinemagic entry
- loveHKfilm entry
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