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Funny Family (1986)

Funny Family poster
Original title
頑皮家族
Directed by
Kevin Chu
Genre
comedy, action
Country
Taiwan
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two childhood friends from rival martial arts families go to the city to find their missing parents. They discover their parents have married each other and run a sports equipment store. The friends work together to help the store compete against a Japanese company.

lightheartedplayfulchaoticfunnynostalgicwarmfamily-orientedslapstick

What happens

《頑皮家族》(Funny Family)是1986年的台灣喜劇電影,由朱延平導演,蓝心湄、胡自雄(胡瓜)、大岛由加利、素珠、陳慧樓演出。 胡狗蛋(胡瓜飾演)和藍阿妹(蓝心湄飾演)兩人都在單親家庭長大,且為青梅竹馬,但雙方的家庭都是功夫世家,且狗蛋的父親(陳慧樓飾)和藍阿妹的母親(素珠飾)兩家水火不容。胡狗蛋和藍阿妹受託進城尋找各自失散多年的母親和父親,進城後二人因故進入警局,發現狗蛋的母親已和阿妹的父親結婚,經營體育用品店,體育用品店受到日本公司的競爭,因此胡狗蛋和藍阿妹決定一起幫助體育用品店。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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