Stage Door Johnny

1990 1h 34m CN

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

DramaAction

Synopsis

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During the 1920s in Shanghai, an all female Chinese Opera troupe is struggling. The troupe boss calls on Tsui to join them in the hope that her fighting sequences will pull the troupe out from imminent close-down. This enrages the actresses who are already quarreling among themselves. However, they come together when a Triad Boss Chang, goes after one of them. The actors and a young man named Lu and his friends become embroiled with the mobster.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kara Wai Ying-Hung
Boss Tsui Yen Hsieh
Eva Lai
Boss Sai Hsiao Hsuen
Idy Chan Yuk-Lin
Boss Ching
Pauline Wong Yuk-Wan
Boss Hsiao Heung Shui
Ann Mui Oi-Fong
Boss Shen Yen Chiu
Wu Ma
Pops Ma
Waise Lee Chi-Hung
Lu Tung Tong
Lam Ching-Ying
Liu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wu Ma
Writers: Chan Ka-Cheong
Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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

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2 / 6

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Mandarin, Cantonese.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Kara Wai Ying-Hung and Eva Lai and Idy Chan Yuk-Lin carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0100962 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wu Ma directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Mandarin, Cantonese.

Trivia

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136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Mandarin, Cantonese.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Kara Wai Ying-Hung and Eva Lai and Idy Chan Yuk-Lin carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0100962 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.