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The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Johnnie To with Chow Yun-fat
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990)
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Add to a movie listThe Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, Nina Li Chi and Lawrence Cheng. The film is a remake of the 1988 American film Coming to America.
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Lam Bo-sang (Chow Yun-fat), who was born into a wealthy family, is the richest man in Hong Kong who is rich enough to build a space station. Sang, who lives in a luxury villa like a palace being served by many maids, is envied and worshiped by millions of people. However, he does not enjoy this type of lifestyle. He does not like to reap with sowing, nor buying extravagant jewelry that would worth forty years of salaries for others and most of all, he does not want to follow his grandaunt's (Ouyang Shafei) arranged arrange between him and his cousin Cindy (Nina Li Chi) because all his property would belong to her. He just wants to live a happy life like an ordinary civilian. While his grandaunt was not home, Sang disguises as a civilian and runs away from him.Actors
Chow Yun-fat
(Lam Bo Sun / Mr. Stink)
Sylvia Chang
(Hung Leung Yuk)
Yuen Wah
(The Manager)
Wong Ka-kui
(Restaurant Worker)
Nina Li Chi
(Cindy Chan)
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