Those Merry Souls
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| Those Merry Souls | |
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 Film poster | |
| Traditional Chinese | 時來運轉 |
| Simplified Chinese | 时来运转 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shí Lái Yùn Zhuǎn |
| Jyutping | Si4 Loi4 Wan6 Zyun2 |
| Directed by | Lau Kar-wing |
| Written by | Sze-to Cheuk-hon Wong Ying |
| Produced by | Sammo Hung |
| Starring | Yuen Biao Eric Tsang Lam Ching-ying Stanley Fung |
| Cinematography | James Chan Cheung Yiu-cho |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung Keung Chuen-tak |
| Music by | The Melody Bank |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$8,066,272 |
Those Merry Souls (Chinese: 時來運轉) is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy horror film directed by Lau Kar-wing and starring Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang. The film is also known as From the Great Beyond.[1]
Plot
[edit | edit source]This article needs a plot summary. (September 2023) |
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Yuen Biao as Chiu Chi-lung
- Eric Tsang as Ng Kuai-tak
- Lam Ching-ying as Tak's father
- Stanley Fung as Uncle Chiu
- Elaine Jin as Waterloo Tai
- Ng Ha-ping as Lily Ting
- Lily Li as Auntie Pearl
- Richard Ng as Fernando Ng
- Lau Kar-wing as Person practicing Kung Fu
- Chung Fat as Death Messenger
- Yam Ho as Janitor
- Wu Ma as Ma
- Billy Lau as Doctor
- Moon Lee as Fung
- Lam Wai as Movie Patron
- Fung King-man as Alley Gang Member
- Billy Ching as Billy
- Lam Leung-wai as Lok Man
- Yue Ming as George
- Sammo Hung as Movie Director
- Fruit Chan as Assistant Director
- Pan Yun-sheng as Man at Beach
- Chin Ka-lok as Beach Thug
- Chu Tau as Beach Thug
- Mak Wai-cheung as Beach Thug
- Lee Chi-kit
- Pang Yun-cheung as Thug in Public
- Chun Kwai-bo as Thug in Public
Production
[edit | edit source]It is one of the ghost films directed by Lau Kar-Wing.[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]A retrospective review finds that "Those Merry Souls is another typically quirky 80’s Hong Kong movie that falls firmly into the category of “strange but immensely fun”."[3] A similar assessment is made by other reviewers.[4][5]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Those Merry Souls at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1985 films
- 1985 action comedy films
- 1980s martial arts comedy films
- 1985 comedy horror films
- 1985 black comedy films
- 1980s supernatural horror films
- 1980s ghost films
- Hong Kong action comedy films
- Hong Kong supernatural horror films
- Hong Kong black comedy films
- Hong Kong martial arts comedy films
- Martial arts horror films
- Hong Kong slapstick comedy films
- Hong Kong ghost films
- Golden Harvest films
- 1980s Cantonese-language films
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films shot in Hong Kong
- 1980s Hong Kong films
- 1980s Hong Kong film stubs
- Comedy horror film stubs