The sophistication of 1950s Hong Kong cinema is vividly illustrated in this film of limited budget and resources. Cantonese opera star Sun Ma Si-tsang plays a country boy who looks exactly like Sun Ma and is asked by a rich girl to impersonate the star, to help her stage an opera. The self-reflexive humour generated by the absurd situation not only provides delicious parody of celebrity culture but also comments subtly on class inequality and the perils of urbanisation. Sun Ma, who also appears as himself in a stage performance, is complemented beautifully by the brilliant comedian Yee Chau-shui as his sidekick and Hung Sin Nui, another opera superstar, as the spoiled and precocious rich girl.
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Hung Sin-Nui, Yung Siu-Yi, Sun-Ma Sze-Tsang, Yee Chau-Sui, Yip Ping, Choi Chun-Chu
Crew: Ng Wui (Director), Lo Yu-Kei (Screenplay), Cheng Sang (Producer)
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Language: 广州话 / 廣州話
Studio: Evergreen Motion Picture Company
Runtime: 115 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 11, 1951
IMDb: 10
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