''The Romancing Star'' ( zh, t=精裝追女仔) is a 1987 Hong Kong

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film written and directed by

Wong Jing Wong Yat-cheong, known professionally as Wong Jing (, born 3 May 1955), is a Hong Kong filmmaker and actor. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema during ...

and starring

Chow Yun-fat Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility, encompassing action to melodrama and comedy and historical drama, his accolades include three Hong Kong Film Awar ...

Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai ( zh, t=曾志偉; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network Television Broadcasts ...

Natalis Chan Natalis "Nat" Chan Pak Cheung (born 3 December 1950 in Hong Kong), also known by his nickname "Smart" (阿叻), is a Hong Kong television host, film actor, singer and producer. Besides his duties as a variety show host, he has also been a hor ...

, Stanley Fung and

Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress. She is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed actresses in Asia, renowned for her diverse and versatile performances as well as her natural acting skills ...

. The film was followed by two sequels '' The Romancing Star II'', released in the following year and ''

The Romancing Star III ''The Romancing Star III'' is a 1989 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Sherman Wong and starring Stanley Fung, Wong Jing, Lawrence Cheng, James Wong, Shing Fui-On, Sam Christopher Chan and guest stars Andy Lau, the star of '' The Ro ...

'', released the year after.

Plot

Fred (

), a vulgar car repairer, works at a garage together with his two close buddies Tony (

) and Silver (

). The boss of the garage, Ken ( Stanley Fung) puts his friendship with the three in priority, ultimately, despite his calculating, harsh, picky and dingy personality. Both Tony and Silver couldn't put up with the snobbish mother of Fred's girlfriend, Ah Man (

Sharla Cheung Sharla Cheung Man (born 7 February 1968) is a Hong Kong actress and film producer. Career Cheung was discovered by Wong Jing, who cast her in her first film role in the 1986 film '' The Magic Crystal''. She continued to work with the director o ...

) thus stirring up troubles on the occasion of her birthday banquet forcing Fred breakup with Ah Man. In order to recover the heartbreak of Fred, Ken decided to cheer him up by joining a tour to Penang, where they came across two beautiful girls, Maggie (

) and Agnes (Agnes Cheung), strolling leisurely on the beach as if they were very wealthy. Since then they decided on courtship. They played a poker game to decide who's to who. As fate would've decided, winner Fred has chosen Maggie to be his sole target. By the rules of the game, Ken, Tony and Silver have to compete and see who, in the end, will win the heart of Agnes. Maggie and Fred still keep in contact with each other following their return from the trip. One night, Fred decided to invite Maggie to a ball, where she was instantly attracted by a wealthy bachelor called Chiu Ting-sin ( Stuart Ong). Fred couldn't tolerate with Chiu's inappropriate acts towards Maggie and he deliberately tricks him, causing the two to incur hatred at each other. To take revenge on Fred, Chiu hired Maggie and Agnes for commercial shootings, and sent his car to the garage where Fred works, thus to expose his real identity as a car repairer to Maggie. Deceived by Fred, Maggie bursted away in a fit of anger and sadness. Chiu was preparing to throw an in-house party to welcome Maggie and Agnes as his guests, but then, he was having a hidden agenda. Fred and his friends were accused of storing drugs and were prisoned. After learning about the intention Chiu is attempting, he and the friends underwent a plan to sneak into the house party and rescue Maggie and Agnes. When Maggie finds out that Chiu actually has an ulterior motive for her, she broke up with him and accepted Fred's confession and apology, as a result, Maggie and Fred got married.

Cast

as Fred Wong Yat-fat *

as Silver / Ugly *

as Tony / Traffic Light * Stanley Fung as Ken Lau Ting-kin *

as Maggie Tung Man-yuk *Agnes Cheung as Agnes Lee Man-chi *Stuart Ong as Chiu Ting-sin *

as Man *Wong San as Mr. Due *Leung San as Mrs. Due *Keung Chung-ping as Chiu Ting-sin's Sifu (cameo) *

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as One of Mr. Chiu's Employee (cameo) * Anthony Chan as One of Mr. Chiu's Employee (cameo) *

Carol Cheng Carol Cheng Yu Ling (; born 9 September 1957), nicknamed Do Do, is a Hong Kong host and actress. Cheng made her break in TVB series, ''Man in the Net'' (1979-1980). She is the first to win both the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress and th ...

as Susan (cameo) *

Philip Chan Philip Chan may refer to: * Philip Chan (actor) Philip Chan Yan-kin (born 25 January 1945) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and music composer of Taishan area origin. Career He worked as a Royal Hong Kong Polic ...

as Kenny *

as Tour guide *

Wong Tin-lam Wong Tin-Lam (1927–2010) was a Chinese screenwriter, producer, director, and actor, who has contributed to the Hong Kong cinema scene with a career spanning six decades. He has made films in Cantonese, Mandarin and Amoy dialect. Career Wong ...

as Maggie's father *

Soh Hang-suen Soh Hang-suen (10 October 1951 – 12 June 2013), (alternatively romanised as So Hung-shuen), was a Hong Kong actress. Soh worked for TVB during its ''Golden Age'', joining in 1974, and was most notable for her role in ''Looking Back in Anger ...

as Maggie's mother *Ha Kwok-wing as One of Mr Chiu's Guards *Thomas Sin as One of Mr Chiu's Guards *

Maria Cordero Mariam Maria Cordero Bibi, MH (), nicknamed Fat Mama (), is a Macanese singer, actress, TV Host and DJ based in Hong Kong. She also has her own cooking show, Maria's Kitchen (肥媽私房菜) on Cable TV. Biography Cordero was born to a Maca ...

as orange dance contestant * Suki Kwan as Chu *Leung Hak-shun as Chu's father *Cheung Kwok-wah as masked stripper *Seung Koon-yuk as Mrs. Kam *Wang Han-chen as street vendor *Chan Wai-yue as orange dance contestant *Anna Kamiyama as waits for boyfriend with Ferrari *Shing Fuk-n as ''

A Better Tomorrow ''A Better Tomorrow'' () is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed, co-written and co-produced by John Woo, co-produced by Tsui Hark, and starring Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat. The film had a profound influence on Hong Kong action c ...

'' ending extra *

Shing Fui-On Shing Fui-On (成奎安; 1 February 1955 – 27 August 2009) was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his supporting roles in Hong Kong cinema. He had only one leading role in his entire career. Biography Shing Fui-On was the fourth of five ...

as ''A Better Tomorrow'' ending extra *Ng Kwok-kin as policeman *Yat-oon Chai as policeman *Cheung Yuen-wah as Ferrari Wong *Mau Kin-tak as Ferrari's boyfriend / Tourist *Che Hung as toilet attendant *Ho Chi-moon as Mr. Due's banquet guest *

Chin Tsi-ang Chin Tsi-Ang (February 22, 1908 – October 15, 2007), also romanized as Qian Siying, was one of the earliest martial arts actors of Chinese cinema and its first female star. She debuted in ''South China Dream'' (南华梦, Nanhua Meng) in 1925 ...

as mahjong player *Sherman Wong as Ho/ Traffic policeman

Box office

The film grossed HK$21,720,626 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 25 June to 8 July 1987 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

References

External links

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