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Luk Bong

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Happy Wedlock

A light romantic-comedy about mothers who want their daughters to settle down and marry. So they try to lure new male tenants into renting a room in their apartment, hoping love will spark between them and their daughters. Lai-wan terribly disagrees with her mother’s philosophy of searching for suitors like this, and does her best to avoid her tenant. However, her younger sister Lai-ha constantly encourages Lai-wan to fall in love, while also helping the new tenant win her heart. Lai-wan’s cousin Sau-chu is also facing a similar situation but not only can she not stand her own disgusting tenant, she has already fallen in love with another man. A trio of car manufacturers colleagues who are also bachelors, happen to find themselves stuck in this situation together.

Happy Wedlock

1969Movie
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Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights has been greatly treasured by Western storytellers who are fascinated by the fantastic world within. The exoticism conveyed in Western film adaptations greatly appealed to Cantonese opera and film writer Ma Si-tsang, who adapted The Thief of Bagdad (1924) into Cantonese opera The Prince of Thieves, set in an ancient empire influenced by both East and West. In 1958, director Luk Bong adapted the play into a film, turning the thief of the original film into a Robin Hood-esque hero who poses as a prince to compete for the princess' hand in marriage. Packed with a thrilling treasure hunt and a damsel-in-distress rescue as well as eye-catching special effects, Prince of Thieves is 100% a romantic swashbuckler.

Prince of Thieves

1958Movie
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In search for her perfect groom, Sit (Tang Bik-wan) goes to a bordello and falls in love with talented Lee (Mak Bing-wing). Burning with jealousy, the Imperial Tutor's son (Siu Chung-kwan) frames Lee for treason, yet accidentally gets killed by Sit when she rescues Lee. To avenge his son's death, the Imperial Tutor tricks the couple into joining force in overthrowing the emperor and plans to accuse them of treason. Sit, who turns out to be the emperor's long-lost daughter, follows Lee to the palace for investigation. In the film, Tang Bik-wan put on various guises in her character, e.g. dressing as an ugly and Zhongshan dialect-speaking woman when she weds, disguising as a man while investigating. She proved herself a well-rounded diva with her marvellous singing, switching between different dialects and operatic styles. The scenes with Mak Bing-wing also show great chemistry, as the duo evolve from quarrelsome lovers to husband and wife.

The Strange Lady Sit Yat-neung

1962Movie