The Romancing Star
| The Romancing Star | |
|---|---|
 film poster | |
| Traditional | 精裝追女仔 |
| Simplified | 精装追女仔 |
| Mandarin | Jīng Zhuāng Zhuī Nǚ Zǎi |
| Cantonese | Zing1 Zong1 Zeoi1 Neoi2 Zai2 |
| Directed by | Wong Jing |
| Produced by | Wallace Cheung |
| Screenplay by | Wong Jing |
| Starring |
Chow Yun-fat Eric Tsang Natalis Chan Stanley Fung Maggie Cheung |
| Music by | Sherman Chow |
| Cinematography | David Choi |
| Edited by | Robert Choi |
Production company |
Win's Movie Production Ngan Lung Films Mei Lam Films Movie Impact |
| Distributed by | Win's Entertainment |
Release dates | 25 June 1987 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$21,720,626 |
The Romancing Star is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Eric Tsang, Natalis Chan, Stanley Fung and Maggie Cheung. The film was followed by two sequels The Romancing Star II, released in the following year and The Romancing Star III, released the year after.
Plot
Fred (Chow Yun-fat) who's foul-mouthed, works in garage together with his two close buddies: Tony (Natalis Chan) and Silver (Eric Tsang). The boss of the garage, Ken (Stanley Fung) puts his friendship with the three in priority, ultimately, despite his harsh, picky and dingy personality. Both Tony and Silver couldn't put up with Fred's girlfriend's snobbish mother, they caused trouble on the occasion of her birthday banquet and make Fred breakup with his girlfriend. In order to recover the heartbreak of Fred, Ken decided cheer up Fred by joining a tour to Penang, where they came across two beautiful girls, Maggie (Maggie Cheung) and Agnes (Agnes Cheung), strolling leisurely on the beach as if they were very wealthy. Since then they decided on courtship. They played a poker game to decide who’s to who. And Fred, the winner, chose Maggie to be his sole target. By the rules of the game, Ken, Silver and Tony have to compete to see who in the ends will win the heart of Agnes.
Cast
- Chow Yun-fat as Fred Wong Yat-fat
- Eric Tsang as Silver / Ugly
- Natalis Chan as Tony / Traffic Light
- Stanley Fung as Ken Lau Ting-kin
- Maggie Cheung as Maggie Tung Man-yuk
- Agnes Cheung as Agnes Lee Man-chi
- Stuart Ong as Chiu Ting-sin
- Sharla Cheung as Man
- Wong San as Mr. Due
- Leung San as Mrs. Due
- Keung Chung-ping as Chiu Ting-sin's Sifu (cameo)
- Charlie Cho as One of Mr. Chiu's Employee (cameo)
- Anthony Chan as One of Mr. Chiu's Employee (cameo)
- Carol Cheng as Susan (cameo)
- Philip Chan as Kenny
- Wong Jing as Tour guide
- Wong Tin-lam as Maggie's father
- Soh Hang-suen as Maggie's mother
- Ha Kwok-wing as One of Mr Chiu's Guards
- Thomas Sin as One of Mr Chiu's Guards
- Maria Cordero as orange dance contestant
- Suki Kwan as Chu
- Leung Hak-shun as Chu's father
- Cheung Kwok-wah as masked stripper
- Seung Koon-yuk as Mrs. Kam
- Wang Han-chen as street vendor
- Chan Wai-yue as orange dance contestant
- Anna Kamiyama as waits for boyfriend with Ferrari
- Shing Fuk-n as A Better Tomorrow ending extra
- Shing Fui-On as A Better Tomorrow ending extra
- Ng Kwok-kin as policeman
- Yat-oon Chai as policeman
- Cheung Yuen-wah as Ferrari Wong
- Mau Kin-tak as Ferrari's boyfriend / Tourist
- Che Hung as toilet attendant
- Ho Chi-moon as Mr. Due's banquet guest
- Chin Tsi-ang as mahjong player
- Sherman Wong as Ho/ Traffic policeman
Box office
The film grossed HK$21,720,626 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 25 June to 8 July 1987 in Hong Kong.
See also
External links
- The Romancing Star at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- The Romancing Star at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- The Romancing Star at the Internet Movie Database
- The Romancing Star at Rotten Tomatoes