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Those Merry Souls is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Lau Kar Wing with Eric Tsang
Those Merry Souls (1985)
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Add to a movie listThose Merry Souls is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Lau Kar Wing. It is starring Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang.
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Un jeune cascadeur découvre que son père est un messager de la mort. Lorsqu’il empêche le décès de son meilleur ami, c’est lui que la grande faucheuse décide de prendre, et il doit faire appel à un exorciste.Actors
Eric Tsang
(Ng Kuai-Tak)
Yuen Biao
(Chiu Chi-Lung)
Lam Ching Ying
(Tak's father)
Stanley Fung
(Uncle Chiu)
Elaine Jin
(Waterloo Tai)
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