East Meets West (2011 Film)
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''East Meets West'' (東成西就2011) is a 2011
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directed by
Jeffrey Lau Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai (; born 5 February 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Lau is famous for writing and directing " mo lei tau" comedies. His comedies include '' A Chinese Odyssey'' (with Stephen Chow) and '' ...
. The film references elements of various films such as ''
The One-Armed Swordsman ''The One-Armed Swordsman'' is a 1967 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. Directed by Chang Cheh, it was the first of the new style of ''wuxia'' films emphasizing male anti-heroes, violent swordplay and heavy bloodle ...
'', ''
Black Rose II ''Black Rose II'' (Cantonese: 黑玫瑰義結金蘭), also known as ''97 Legendary La Rose Noire'', is a 1997 Hong Kong cinema, Hong Kong comedy film co-directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen with action choreography by Yuen Tak. Lau wrote the s ...
'', and
jiangshi films Jiangshi fiction, or goeng-si fiction in Cantonese, is a literary and cinematic genre of horror based on the jiangshi of Chinese folklore, a reanimated corpse controlled by Taoist priests that resembles the zombies and vampires of Western fiction. ...
.


Plot

Put under pressure, a group of various musicians unlock their superpowers and become seven of the Eight Heavenly Dragons. The eighth watches as the others perform good deeds and conspires to destroy them after failing to do so in previous lives.


Cast

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Kenny Bee Chung Chun-to (born 23 February 1953), also known by his stage name Kenny Bee, is a Hong Kong singer, musician and actor. He is best known as the singer of the group the Wynners, and as a solo artist who has been active in the Hong Kong ent ...
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Eason Chan Eason Chan Yick-shun ( zh, s=陈奕迅, t=陳奕迅, first=t, p=Chén Yìxùn; born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record ...
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Ekin Cheng Ekin Cheng Yee Kin (born 4 October 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Early in his career, he used the name Dior as a first name (because that was what it sounded like when his younger sister tried to call him Second Brother ()). He has als ...
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Karen Mok Karen Joy Morris (; born 2 June 1970), better known as Karen Mok, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is considered one of the leading East Asian pop singers and actresses with a career spanning three decades. Mok is the first female Hong Kong ...
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Stephy Tang Stephanie Tang Lai-yan (; born 15 October 1983) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies. She won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in ''The E ...
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William So William So Wing Hong (; born 24 September 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and a Cantopop singer. He began his musical career by participating the New Talent Singing Awards in 1985 and won the competition as the first runner up to Alex To. His perf ...
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Tan Weiwei Tan Weiwei (; born 8 October 1982), also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of '' Super Girl'' (), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated ''I Am a Singer'' (sea ...
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Jaycee Chan Jaycee Chan Joming (, born December 3, 1982) is an American actor and singer based in Asia. The only son of Jackie Chan and Joan Lin, he debuted with a Mandopop album in 2004 and pursued a music and acting career in Greater China until his career ...
* Huang Yi *
Tiffany Tang Tang Yan ( zh, c=唐嫣, p=Táng Yān, born 6 December 1983), also known as Tiffany Tang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She is known for her roles in the television series '' Chinese Paladin 3'' (2009), '' My Daughters'' (2011), '' Perfect Coupl ...
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Yang Mi Yang Mi ( zh, s= 杨幂, t=, p=, born 12 September 1986), also known as Mini Yang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She began her career as a child actress in '' Tang Ming Huang'' (1990) and transitioned to adult roles in the 2000s, gaining recogni ...
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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 where he won several awards. He was then signed under Emperor Entertainment Group. He began his singing ...
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Alan Tam Alan Tam Wing-lun (; born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He played a major role in developing the Cantopop scene in the 1980s as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements. From 1983 to 1987, Alan Tam re ...
* Benette Pang * Anthony Chan


See also

* ''
The Eagle Shooting Heroes ''The Eagle Shooting Heroes'' (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就) is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau. It is a parody of Louis Cha's novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'', and a classic example of the mo lei tau com ...
'', a 1993 parody film by Lau


References


External links

* 2011 films 2010s Cantonese-language films Hong Kong comedy films 2011 comedy films Films directed by Jeffrey Lau 2010s Hong Kong films Films about music and musicians {{2010s-comedy-film-stub