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Fat Choi Spirit (2002)

Fat Choi Spirit poster
Original title
嚦咕嚦咕新年財
Directed by
Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To
Genre
comedy film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
IIA
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of friends and rivals get tangled in high-stakes mahjong games around the Lunar New Year. The story blends competitive gambling with family and romantic comedy.

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What happens

Fat Choi Spirit (traditional Chinese: 嚦咕嚦咕新年財; simplified Chinese: 呖咕呖咕新年财) is a 2002 Hong Kong comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, and starring Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo, Gigi Leung and Cherrie In. The film is a comedy, falling into the peculiar Hong Kong genre of mahjong films, and was released during the Lunar New Year of 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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