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八星報喜 (1988)
The Eighth Happiness
Origin: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese 
Genre: Comedy 
Theatrical Run (HK): 02/11/1988 - 03/30/1988
Box Office: HK $37,090,776
 
Director
  Johnnie To Kei-Fung
 
Screenwriters
  Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
  Edward Lee Gui-Ming
  Philip Cheng Chung-Tai
  Ng Man-Fai
 
Action Choreographer
  Tony Ching Siu-Tung
 
Producer
  Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
 
 
Cast
  Chow Yun-Fat ... Fang Chien Lang/Fong Kim Long
  Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau ... Fang Chien Sheng / San
  Raymond Wong Pak-Ming ... Fang Chien Hui
  Cherie Chung Cho-Hung ... Beautiful
  Carol Cheng Yu-Ling ... DoDo/Hung
  Petrina Fung Bo-Bo ... Ms Wu Fen Fang
  Huang Kun-Hsuen ... Ming Ming [intro]
  Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying ... Ying Ying
  Lee Heung-Kam ... Auntie Chin
  Michael Chow Man-Kin ... Roy
  Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui ... Beautiful's boyfriend
  Huang Man ... Beautiful's mother
  Tin Ching ... Beautiful's father
  Tsui Po-Fung ... Beautiful's colleague
  Cheng Mang-Ha ... Old driver
  Hui Ying-Sau ... Old passenger
  Charlie Cho Cha-Lee ... Pilot
  Siu Kin-Hang ... TV director
  Wong San (2) ... Acting teacher
  Maggie Chan Suet-Lai ... Acting student
  Sam Lam    
  Do Siu-Chun ... Acting student
  Teddy Robin Kwan ... Wu Fen Fang's husband [uncred]
  Eddie Chan Shu-Chi ... Priest
  Leung Lung ... Opera manager
  Yuen Tak ... Opera actor
  John Shum Kin-Fun ... Opera audience [cameo]
  Karl Maka ... Opera audience [cameo]
  Kam Kwok-Leung ... Opera audience [cameo]
  Ringo Lam Ling-Tung ... Opera audience [cameo]
  Jim James ... Sheng' engagement party guest
  Kenneth Smyth ... [Extra]
  Patrick FrBezar ... [Extra]
 
Production Company
  Cinema City Company Limited
 
Filming Company
  Cinema City Company Limited
 
Assistant Director
  Chu Yat-Hung   Lo Kim-Wah
 
2nd Unit Scriptwriter
  Eric Yeung Jan-Yiu
 
Script Supervisor
  Yeung Suk-Fan
 
Cinematographer
  Joe Chan Kwong-Hung
 
2nd Unit Cinematographer
  Paul Chan Chung-Chau
 
Underwater Cinematographer
  Lobo Chan Hon-Wing
 
Focus Puller
  Cheung Dik-Kei
 
Lighting
  Cheung King-Lin
 
Art Director
  Raymond Chan Kam-Ho
 
Costume Design
  Bruce Yu Ka-On
 
Wardrobe
  Poon An-Ying
 
Makeup
  Chow Man-Kuen
 
Editor
  David Wu Dai-Wai
 
Editor's Assistant
  Pang Chin-Kuen
 
Props Master
  Tam Fai
 
Music
  Tony Lo Dung-Lei
 
Singer
  Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau
 
Car Stunts Effects
  Joe Chu Kai-Sang
 
Administrative Assistant
  Grace Ng Chui-San
 
Planning
  Catherine Hun
 
Production Manager
  Tony Chow Kwok-Chung
 
Associate Production Manager
  Bat Jing-Man
 
Production Assistant
  Hui Sze-Ming
 
Unit Manager
  Tommie Lee Wing-Hung
 
Set Runner
  Wu Wai-Chung
 
Transaction
  Wan Chi-Leung
 
Still Photographer
  Lee Cheung (4)
 
Tea Lady
  Sin Pik-Ha
 
Recording Studio
  Cinema City Recording Studio
 
Foley
  Ng Kwok-Wah
 
Post-Production Management
  Tony Chow Kwok-Chung
 
Dubbing
  Sit Kwan (2)
 
Equipment
  Cinerent Limited
 
Laboratory
  Mandarin Laboratory (International) Ltd.
 
Filming Location
  Hong Kong
 
 
Summary
  A minor phone mishap sealed the fates of three brothers and the women of their dreams. Raymond Wong plays the oldest sibling Fang Jian-hui who's the host of a daytime cooking show and falls for a Cantonese opera singer only to find out his brother has been making crank calls to her at all hours of the night. Chow Yun-fat in a never-seen-before role as the effeminate womanizing second sibling Fang Jian-lang, is torn between steady girlfriend (Do Do Cheng) and a sexy siren played by Cherie Chung. Jacky Cheung rounds up the star-studded cast as the youngest brother Fang Jian-sheng, a shy cartoonist who has a crush on a girl he met in the park.[from the Joy Sales DVD]