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Flirting scholar

Original title: Tong Pak Foo dim Chau Heung
  • 1993
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
6.7K
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Flirting scholar (1993)
ComedyRomance

A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.

  • Director
    • Lik-Chi Lee
  • Writers
    • Man-Keung Chan
    • Lik-Chi Lee
    • Vincent Kok
  • Stars
    • Stephen Chow
    • Gong Li
    • Pak-Cheung Chan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    6.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lik-Chi Lee
    • Writers
      • Man-Keung Chan
      • Lik-Chi Lee
      • Vincent Kok
    • Stars
      • Stephen Chow
      • Gong Li
      • Pak-Cheung Chan
    • 22User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Stephen Chow
    Stephen Chow
    • Tong Pak Foo
    • (as Sing-chi Chow)
    Gong Li
    Gong Li
    • Chau Heung
    Pak-Cheung Chan
    Pak-Cheung Chan
    • Chuk Chi Shan
    • (as Pak-cheung Chan)
    James Wong
    James Wong
    • Mr. Wah
    • (as Jim Wong)
    Pei-Pei Cheng
    Pei-Pei Cheng
    • Madam Wah
    Ka-Yan Leung
    Ka-Yan Leung
    • Mo Chong Yuen
    Mimi Chu
    Mimi Chu
    • Chussy
    King-Tan Yuen
    King-Tan Yuen
    • Sister Pomegranate
    Gabriel Wong
    Gabriel Wong
    • Wah Man
    Dickson Ga-Sing Lee
    Dickson Ga-Sing Lee
    • Wah Mo
    Francis Ng
    Francis Ng
    • Member of The Four Scholars
    Fai-Hung Chan
    Fai-Hung Chan
    Wai Lam
    Wai Lam
    • King Ning
    Tiet Wo Chu
    Tiet Wo Chu
    Chia-Hui Liu
    Chia-Hui Liu
    • Evil Scholar
    Vincent Kok
    Vincent Kok
    • Tui Chuen Chang
    Wing-Chung Leung
    Wing-Chung Leung
    • Miserable Job Seeker
    Kwok-Lok Yu
    • Director
      • Lik-Chi Lee
    • Writers
      • Man-Keung Chan
      • Lik-Chi Lee
      • Vincent Kok
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews22

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    pbtips

    Very funny if you can speak Cantonese!!!!

    The previous review is quite unfair. This movie can only be understood and hence enjoyed by Cantonese (not even by other Chinese). I laughed all the way. You will, if you can enjoy this kind of lower intelligent jokes (same level as Jim Carrey's). It has so many local jokes that I missed some since I left Hong Kong for a long time. I can feel they're funnier if I stayed in HK long enough. The performance is great for Chow. It is not a good role for Gong Li. It is a comedy rather than the serious roles she is usually in. Unlike some stars such as Chow Yun Fat, she is only good at certain roles. The song at the end is great and I believe it was copied from another movie with a similar name, which is a serious version of this movie.
    9K_C

    laughing all the time

    This is a typical Stephen Chow's commedy. Inside you see all the necessary elements: jokes, love, kungfu. Well, the story is not new. This is a traditional Hong Kong/Chinese story, but the reproduction in this new style has been quite successful. I must admit that this movie has given me one and a half-hour of continuous laughing. However, this is a very "Hong-Kong-ish" movie. I think only Hong Kongese can appreciate its jokes. Because of difference in culture and inability of translating exactly, non-HongKongese may find the movie stupid and uninteresting. If only Hong Kong people rated this title, I'm sure the rating would be higher.
    9garnettxd

    Would some one please put away the comment from dje2000

    This is a great film for us,maybe also for those who can speak Chinese and know about Chinese culture. Of all the comedies I've seen,this one could be the best. If any could claim better,it would only be chow's another film,which I can't provide with an English name. This dude,dje2000,obviously knew nothing about China,and his words should not be on the first page of this film. Everybody has to find it not helpful,this could be the real silly thing. I'm saying this because IMDb Rates and page links are seen almost every movie site.This comment could kill the new comers.

    replace it! replace it! replace it! with any of the others.
    Mazzeno

    excellent comedy

    Tangbohu was a very famous artist in ming Dynasty of China, but in Chow's film, (I said Chow's, not only for his acting as the hero but also for his affection in the film, because he usually took the role of director as his) his image was greatly changed. but the changes were not done random. Chow cast his feeling of his early life in it. Chow is a clever actor, but when he was young, everybody, especially his boss thought he was just anybody else. he felt disappointed and lonely, because no one amid his talent. so in the film this feeling was expressed through the role. though it is a very good comedy which makes you laugh through out the film, you can still get some complex feeling of life. Chow showed his excellent acting talent in the film, and the other supporting roles were also very good, such as Peipei Cheng, James Wong etc. if you can speak Cantonese, you can get more interest from it, because it contained a lot of vivid and interesting oral language in Cantonese.
    10kiwing94

    Rap battle before it was cool in poem style!

    This is a must watch for all Stephen Chow fans and I highly recommend this for everyone that loves random comedy. The characters were compelling, the story was surprisingly not so predictable like thought from the beginning and the dialogues were well crafted. I really enjoyed this movie because it was very entertaining and there were so many new ways of making me laugh which was great.

    The movie is about a noble scholar who is not pleased with his gambling wives, because they play majhong all day. Stephen Chow's character in this movie can paint, sing and write poems. Then later he and his scholar friends sees this girl whose beauty outshines all other girls near her and then the Scholars try to disguise themselves just to get near her in weird but funny ways. The girl comes from a rival family which hates his family. So he tries to find a way inside to approach her without being noticed. But there is much more than just romance and comedy, so I highly recommend this hilarious movie to everyone.

    The movie wasn't as slow as I thought. Stephen Chow is just pure awesome in his genius way of making his audience laugh out loud.

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    • Trivia
      Credited for giving rise to the term, Siu Keung, which is used to describe a Hong Konger.
    • Goofs
      The face and the clothing of Tu Chuen-Chang is bloody before he verifies the painting of Tong Pak Foo. When he is looking the painting, his face is clean and his clothing is not bloody.
    • Connections
      Spoofs La Panthère rose (1963)

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    • Release date
      • July 1, 1993 (Hong Kong)
    • Countries of origin
      • Hong Kong
      • China
    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Flirting Scholar
    • Production company
      • Win's Movie Productions Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 42m(102 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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