''Hot Summer Days'' is a 2010 Hong Kong

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typic ...

film featuring an

ensemble cast In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that is composed of multiple principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17 Structure In contrast t ...

including

Nicholas Tse Nicholas Tse Ting-fung (born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and chef.EEGmusic.EEGmusic." ''Nicolas Tse profile.'' Retrieved on 22 April 2008. As multi talented celebrity, he became a TV c ...

Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Dubbed the " God of Songs", he is regarded as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong pop music. Cheung is known for his technically skilled vocals, lengthy tours, and ...

, Daniel Wu, Vivian Hsu,

Barbie Shu Barbie Hsu (; born 6 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, and television host. She is best known for her leading role in the television series '' Meteor Garden'' (2001). Life and career Hsu was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 6 October 197 ...

, Rene Liu,

Angelababy Angela Yeung Wing (; born 28 February 1989), better known by her stage name Angelababy, is a Hong Kong model, actress and singer. In 2013, she was chosen by '' Southern Metropolis Daily'' as one of the New Four Dan Actresses. In 2016, she won ...

and

Jing Boran Jing Boran (; born 19 April 1989) or Bobo Jing, is a Chinese actor and singer who achieved popularity after becoming the champion at the 2007 talent contest ''My Hero''. Along with the third-place winner Fu Xinbo, he formed a boy band called BoBo ...

and also featuring a guest appearance by

Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong former actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain, she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 1980s and i ...

. The film was released to celebrate both

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and

Valentine's Day Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, thr ...

."Hot Summer Days" Celebrates Both Valentine’s Day, Chinese Lunar New Year
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Cast

as Wai *

as Wah * Daniel Wu as Sushi master * Vivian Hsu as Wasabi *

as Ding-dong * Rene Liu as Li Yan * Duan Yihong as Leslie *

as Siu-kei *

as Xiaofang * Michelle Wai as Model *

Fu Xinbo BOBO is a Chinese boy band composed of two members, Jing Boran () and Fu Xinbo (). The two became famous after competing in the 2007 ''My Hero'' () competition, with Jing Boran winning first and Fu Xinbo third. In 2008, the two released their ...

as Dafu *

as Crying Woman *

Gordon Liu Gordon Liu (Lau Kar-fai ); born Sin Kam-hei () August 22, 1951) is a Chinese martial arts film actor and martial artist. He played the lead role of San Te in ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'' (1978) and its sequels, and later played two roles in Q ...

as Fai * Charlene Choi as Bikini Girl * Shawn Yue as Tattoo Artist * Fruit Chan as Ice cream vendor *

He Zhuoyan He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...

as Xiaoli * Rosemary Vandenbroucke as Beach Girl *

Kate Yeung Kate Yeung () is an Hong Kong actress and singer. She was nominated twice for Best Supporting Actress for '' 20 30 40''. Early life On 26 October 1984, Yeung was born as Yeung Mei-ling in Hong Kong. Career At 16, Yeung modeled for Wing Shya, ...

as Reporter * Jan Lamb (voice dubbing) *

Joey Yung Joey Yung (, ; born 16 June 1980) is a Hong Kong singer and Cantopop diva signed to Emperor Entertainment Group. Since her debut in 1996, Yung has won numerous awards, including the JSG Most Popular Female Singer and Ultimate Best Female ...

(voice dubbing) *

William Chan William Chan Wai-ting (born 21 November 1985) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. In 2003, he participated in New Talent Singing Awards New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese character, Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) ...

(unaccredited)

References

External links

''Hot Summer Days'' film review
at LoveHKFilm.com * *
Hot Summer Days
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Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual (French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The websit ...

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