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''Five Bumpkins'', also known as ''Five Clown-Kings Returns to the Village'' () or ''A Troupe Comes to the Village'' (), is a 1974 Vietnamese
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Plot

* Story 1: Love of Life (Tình đời) * Story 2: Changing Lanes (Đổi ngôi) * Story 3: A Hero Fears the Water (Anh hùng sợ nước) * Story 4: When Male Kidnapper Meets Female Kidnapper (Bố mìn gặp mẹ mìn) * Story 5: Two Love Letters (Hai bức thư tình)


Production

Location is
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, Xuân Lộc and
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in 1974.


Art

* Type: Comedy, adventure, feature. *
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: Mỹ Vân Films (Mỹ-Vân Điện-ảnh Công-ti) * Print: National Cinema Centre (Trung-tâm Quốc-gia Điện-ảnh) * Directors: Lê Dân (C. 1),
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(C. 2), Lê Mộng Hoàng (C. 3), Quốc Hưng (C. 4), Thân Trọng Kỳ (C. 5) * Screenplay: Nguyễn Thành Châu (Năm Châu)


Cast

* Hồng Vân as the narrator * Thành Được *
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* Lý Huỳnh * Ngọc Tuyết *
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* Thanh Nga * Túy Hoa * Cẩm Hồng * Vân Hùng * Băng Châu * Lệ Hoa * Khả Năng * Thanh Việt *
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* Ba Vân * Xuân Phát * Tùng Lâm *
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Broadcast

The movie has been released in 1975
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See also

* Four Oddballs of Saigon


References


Five clown kings come to the village

Sovereignty, Surveillance and Spectacle in ''The Saigon Fabulous Four''


{{Lê Mộng Hoàng 1970s adventure comedy films Lê Hoàng Hoa Vietnamese adventure comedy films Vietnamese parody films 1974 films 1970s parody films