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The Romancing Star is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Wong Jing with Chow Yun-fat
The Romancing Star (1987)
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Add to a movie listThe Romancing Star is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Eric Tsang, Natalis Chan, Stanley Fung and Maggie Cheung. The film was followed by two sequels The Romancing Star II, released in the following year and The Romancing Star III, released the year after.
Synopsis
Fred (Chow Yun-fat), foul-mouthed, together with his two close buddies, Silver (Eric Tsang) and Tony (Natalis Chan), are working in a garage. Their boss, Ken (Stanley Fung), is harsh and dingy. However, a warm and close friendship has been established among the four. In order to recover the heartbreak of Fred, Ken suggested a tour to Penang to cheer up Fred. They came across two beautiful girls, Maggie (Maggie Cheung) and Agnes (Agnes Cheung), strolling leisurely on the beach as if they were very wealthy. Since then they decided on courtship. They played a poker game to decide who’s to who. And Fred, the winner, chose Maggie to be his sole target. By the rules of the game, Ken, Silver and Tony have to compete to see who in the ends will win the heart of Agnes.Actors
Chow Yun-fat
(Wong Yat Fat)
Maggie Cheung
(Tung Tung)
Eric Tsang
(Ugly)
Natalis Chan
(Traffic Light)
Stanley Fung
(Ken Lau Tin Kin)
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