Ninth Happiness DVD
Mandarin and/or Cantonese Multilingual DVDs
Hong Kong Movie Comedy 86 Minutes Multi-Lingual
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Ninth Happiness (1994) 九星報喜 Director: Clifton Ko Starring: Lesile Cheung, Raymond Wong, Wu Qian Lian, Cheung Tat Ming This is the only Hong Kong movie musical we know to exist. The plot concerns the three Ma Lun brothers, who have come to the ultra-nice town of Choi Yuen, the older two brothers intent on stirring up trouble. These two are the town's new officials (positions unspecified) and they are determined to turn the town into a den of iniquity, complete with gambling dens and prostitution. Meanwhile, the youngest brother (Leslie Cheung) falls in love at first sight with Chi-Wan. Gau Gau, a servant of the town's resident wise rich woman (Mrs. Minister), falls in love with the oldest brother (Raymond Wong) because there was a prophecy that she would fall in love with a bearded man. And then there is Heung (who eats constantly throughout the entire film) and Kenny Bee, another couple. In standard musical comedy form, there is of course a comedy of errors when Chi-Wan and Kenny Bee see Heung and Leslie Cheung together (Heung is helping Leslie win Chi-Wan's heart) and they assume that they are having an affair. DVD: List Price: US $19.95
Rating: IIA - "Some Content May Be Inappropriate For Children" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13") Films rated Category IIA may contain mild violence such as martial arts, mild nudity that is not sexually oriented, mild explicit language and some mild adult situations. OR
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