Happy Ghost IV
Appearance
Happy Ghost IV | |
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Traditional Chinese | 開心鬼救開心鬼 |
Simplified Chinese | 开心鬼救开心鬼 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Kai xin gui jiu kai xin gui |
Directed by | Clifton Ko |
Written by | Raymond Wong[1] |
Produced by | Raymond Wong[1] |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Sander Lee[1] |
Edited by | Kam Ma[1] |
Production companies | Pak Ming Films Ltd. Ko Chi Sum Films Co. Ltd. |
Distributed by | Newport Entertainment Co. Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$ 11,780,725 |
Happy Ghost IV (released in the Philippines as Magic to Win 4) (Chinese: 開心鬼救開心鬼) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Clifton Ko. The film stars Raymond Wong and Pauline Yeung.
Cast
[edit]- Raymond Wong as Hong Sum-kwai
- Pauline Yeung as Annie
- Beyond as Man, Mo, Ying, and Kit
- Woo Fung as Annie's father
- Charlie Cho as Chiu
- Tommy Wong as Crazy Bill
- Lau Shun as Crazy Kwan Yeung
- James Wong as judge
- Clifton Ko as man in washroom
Release
[edit]Box office
[edit]Happy Ghost IV grossed a total of HK$11,780,725. The film ran in Hong Kong theatres from 30 June 1990 to 2 August 1990.[2]
Reception
[edit]In his book Horror and Science Fiction Film IV, Donald C Willis described Happy Ghost IV as an "occasionally funny low comedy" with "some okay "invisible ghost" effects".[3]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Happy ghost IV". Hong Kong Film Archive. Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 July 2013. [dead link ]
- ^ "Box Office Hong Kong 1990 [Chinese Movies]". movieworld.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Willis 1997, p. 221.
References
[edit]- Willis, Donald C. (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3055-8.
External links
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