''Sister Cupid'' is a 1987 Hong Kong

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produced by and directed by Guy Lai and starring

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, Maggie Cheung and Pat Ha.

Plot

Kam Yu-yee (

) and Kam Kat-cheung (

) are siblings orphaned at a young age and were dependent on one another since. Yu-yee is a madame of a nightclub who is dedicated in her job is very loving towards her younger brother although she has never been fond of Kat-cheung's girlfriend, Jackie ( Pat Ha), who he had met since childhood. In order to retaliate against Yu-yee, Jackie instigates a plan to elope with Kat-cheung, but they end up in a traffic accident on their way and rolled down a mountain slope where Kat-cheung was rescued by a dead spirit who has entrenched for two decades. Since Jackie failed to elope with Kat-cheung, she moves next door to him instead and calls her cousin, Benjamin (

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) to retaliate against Yu-yee, much to the annoyance to Kat-cheung. Aside from battling Jackie, Yu-yee also wishes to seek a breakthrough in her career and spends major efforts pleasing her boss, Big Sister (

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). Big Sister dearly misses her only daughter, Yuk, who drowned to death twenty years ago and holds a dance party annually to commemorate her. To please her boss, Yu-yee suggests to Big Sister she should plan a ghost marriage for Yuk and Yu-yee is tasked to find a ghost son in-law for Big Sister. As the completion time of her task is getting close, Yu-yee gives her brother's birthday and eight characters of horoscope and a jar of peanut powder posing as bone ashes to Big Sister for the ghost marriage. At the night of the wedding, Kat-cheung unknowingly gets drunk in big sister's mansion and sees Yuk dressed in a wedding dress and having deja vu of meeting Yuk before and spend the night together.

Cast

as Kam Kat-cheung *

as Madame Kam Yu-yee * Maggie Cheung as Yuk * Pat Ha as Jackie *

as Big Sister *

as Ben *Tai Po as Sasi *Fiona Leung as Hostess *Yik Kon-ha as Hostess *Lee Ching as Hostess *Chan Ka-pik as Hostess *Anna Ng as Hostess *Anthony Tang as Band member *

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as Band member *

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as Band member *Yeung Yau-ching as Big Sister's short footman *Alex Ng as Big Sister's tall footman *Rico Chu as Yu-yee's facial man

Music

Theme song

*''Lonely Occupation'' (孤單的佔領) **Composer: Richard Yuen **Lyricist: Keith Chan **Singer:

Insert theme

*''The Amorous Mister'' (公子多情) **Composer: Ku Kuk **Lyricist: Law Po-sang **Singer:

Reception

Critical

Brns.com
' rated the film a score of 3.5 out 10 and criticizes its aimless plot, comedy and confusing ending.

Box office

The film grossed HK$11,480,086 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical1 run from 16 to 29 April 1987.

References

External links

* *
Sister Cupid
' at Hong Kong Cinemagic *{{IMDb title, 0094145 1987 films 1987 romantic comedy films 1980s romantic fantasy films Hong Kong romantic comedy films Hong Kong romantic fantasy films 1980s fantasy comedy films Hong Kong ghost films 1980s Cantonese-language films Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong 1980s Hong Kong films