Those Merry Souls

Those Merry Souls
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	時來運轉
Simplified Chinese	时来运转
Hanyu Pinyin	Shí Lái Yùn Zhuǎn
Jyutping	Si4 Loi4 Wan6 Zyun2
Directed by	Lau Kar-wing
Written by	Sze-to Cheuk-hon Wong Ying
Produced by	Sammo Hung
Starring	Yuen Biao Eric Tsang Lam Ching-ying Stanley Fung
Cinematography	James Chan Cheung Yiu-cho
Edited by	Peter Cheung Keung Chuen-tak
Music by	The Melody Bank
Production company	Bo Ho Films
Distributed by	Golden Harvest Productions
Release date	30 May 1985 (1985-05-30)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$8,066,272

Those Merry Souls (Chinese :時來運轉) is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy horror film directed by Lau Kar-wing and starring Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang. The film is also known as From the Great Beyond. ^[1]

Cast

• Yuen Biao as Chiu Chi-lung
• Eric Tsang as Ng Kuai-tak
• Lam Ching-ying as Tak's father
• Stanley Fung as Uncle Chiu
• Elaine Jin as Waterloo Tai
• Ng Ha-ping as Lily Ting
• Lily Li as Auntie Pearl
• Richard Ng as Fernando Ng
• Lau Kar-wing as Person practicing Kung Fu
• Chung Fat as Death Messenger
• Yam Ho as Janitor
• Wu Ma as Ma
• Billy Lau as Doctor
• Moon Lee as Fung
• Lam Wai as Movie Patron
• Fung King-man as Alley Gang Member
• Billy Ching as Billy
• Lam Leung-wai as Lok Man
• Yue Ming as George
• Sammo Hung as Movie Director
• Fruit Chan as Assistant Director
• Pan Yun-sheng as Man at Beach
• Chin Ka-lok as Beach Thug
• Chu Tau as Beach Thug
• Mak Wai-cheung as Beach Thug
• Lee Chi-kit
• Pang Yun-cheung as Thug in Public
• Chun Kwai-bo as Thug in Public

Production

It is one of the ghost films directed by Lau Kar-Wing. ^[2]

Reception

A retrospective review finds that "Those Merry Souls is another typically quirky 80’s Hong Kong movie that falls firmly into the category of “strange but immensely fun”." ^[3] A similar assessment is made by other reviewers. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Those Merry Souls Film Review". www.brns.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
2. O'Brien, Daniel (2003). Spooky Encounters: A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror. Headpress. ISBN   978-1-900486-31-6.
3. Films, Follow mePhil MillsSupreme dark overlord of Far East. "Those Merry Souls (1985) - Review". Far East Films. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
4. Cherycok (1 June 2015). "[FIlm] Those Merry Souls, de Lau Kar-Wing (1985)". Dark Side Reviews (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. SensCritique. "Avis sur le film Those Merry Souls (1985) par Ryo_Saeba". SensCritique (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2023.

External links

• Those Merry Souls at IMDb