My Lucky Stars

"Asia's top action-comedy team takes on the Tokyo underworld."

1985 1h 36m CN

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★6.6TMDB · 263

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Synopsis

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Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.

“Asia's top action-comedy team takes on the Tokyo underworld.”

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Cast

Sammo Hung
Kidstuff / Fastbuck
Jackie Chan
Muscles
Yuen Biao
Ricky
Eric Tsang
Roundhead / Blockhead
Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Sandy
Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin
Herb
Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Rawhide
Sibelle Hu Hui-Chung
Swordflower / Chief Insp. Barbara Wu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sammo Hung
Writers: Barry Wong Ping-Yiu, Barry Wong Ping-Yiu, Lo Kin
Languages: Cantonese, Japanese
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Japanese.

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CAST

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Part of the "Lucky Stars Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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AWARDS

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Directed by Sammo Hung, shot by Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Lai Siu-Tin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Asia's top action-comedy team takes on the Tokyo underworld.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sammo Hung directs. Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai behind the camera. Michael Lai Siu-Tin scores. Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Japanese.
3Part of the "Lucky Stars Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Sammo Hung, shot by Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Michael Lai Siu-Tin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Asia's top action-comedy team takes on the Tokyo underworld.".
9IMDB entry: tt0089177 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai
Original score: Michael Lai Siu-Tin
Editing: Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Costume design: Yiu Hiu
Makeup / hair: Michelle Wong Yuk-Ting
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $3,925,341
Original language: CN
Certification (US): TP
IMDB: My Lucky Stars (1985)

Part of

Lucky Stars Collection

Lucky Stars (or Five Lucky Stars; (Chinese: 福星系列、五福星) was a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s, blending Chinese martial arts with bawdy comedy. The films featured an ensemble cast, with many of the actors appearing in successive films. The characters of the Five Lucky Stars were originally petty criminals recently out of prison, who started their own cleaning company. By the second film, the cleaning company idea was discarded, and the bumbling gang were instead employed to assist the police.