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Crazy Couple | |
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Traditional Chinese | 無招勝有招 |
Simplified Chinese | 无招胜有招 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Zhāo Shèng Yǒu Zhāo |
Jyutping | Mou6 Ziu1 Sing3 Jau2 Ziu1 |
Directed by | Ricky Lau |
Screenplay by | Raymond Wong |
Produced by | Guy Lai |
Starring | Dean Shek Lau Ka-yung Lily Li Fung Hark-On Huang Ha Wong Ching Eric Tsang Peter Chan |
Cinematography | Yee Tung-lung |
Edited by | Tony Chow |
Production company | Filmway Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$1,638,491.30 |
Crazy Couple is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Ricky Lau and starring Dean Shek and Lau Ka-yung. [1]
Street performer Cho brings his pet around to perform. He hopes to raise money to study martial arts. Retired martial arts master Chiu Chat-yeh has a mentally disabled daughter who is unattended and has Cho take care of her. Cho finds a girl from out of town named Piu-hung to take his spot as Chiu's daughter's caretaker and goes to study martial arts with the village's martial arts teacher, Kwan Yee-sai. Cho also befriends Kwan's son, Yan.
One day, a group of bandits come and terrorize the village and Chiu and Kwan team up to resist them. Chiu has stolen jewelry in his house which is unexpectedly stolen by Piu-hung. Chiu and Kwan are killed later as well. Cho and Yan flee to many places and seek a teacher to mentor them in martial arts. With continuous twists and turns along the way, they finally find the real culprit behind the scenes.
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