Return of the Lucky Stars

1989 1h 35m CN

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 23

ComedyAction

Synopsis

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Hong Kong Police Supt. Walter Tso arrests Big Dai, the reformed leader of a criminal corporation. When Dai asked his brother Richard Mao to turn himself in to the police, he betrays him and decides to take over the corporation. Dai is imprisoned and an informant is murdered by one of Mao's men. With no evidence against Mao and the corporation, Tso coerced four of the "Five Lucky Stars" to go undercover in the prison, rescue Dai, and help nab Mao and bring down the corporation

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Tai Shan / Sandy
Eric Tsang
Lo Han / Roundhead
Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Rhino / Rawhide
Michael Miu Kiu-Wai
Cone / Pagoda
Carina Lau
Banana Tso
Lo Hoi-Pang
Big Dai
Joan Tong Lai-Kau
Mina
Wong Ching
Richard Mao

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Writers: Wong Jing, Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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

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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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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stanley Fung Shui-Fan, shot by David Choi Wa-Sing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sherman Chow Gam-Cheung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Richard Ng Yiu-Hon and Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung Shui-Fan carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0121302 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Stanley Fung Shui-Fan directs. David Choi Wa-Sing behind the camera. Sherman Chow Gam-Cheung scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Lucky Stars Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Stanley Fung Shui-Fan, shot by David Choi Wa-Sing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Sherman Chow Gam-Cheung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Richard Ng Yiu-Hon and Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung Shui-Fan carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0121302 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Choi Wa-Sing
Original score: Sherman Chow Gam-Cheung
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Original language: CN
Certification (US): IIA
IMDB: Return of the Lucky Stars (1989)

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.