Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)

Original title

天下無雙

Directed by

Jeffrey Lau

Cast

Dou Zhi Kong, Beatrice Hsu, Guo Ting Ting, Candice Liu, Pally Chien, Kimi Hsia, Kao Meng Chieh, Jane Wang

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

12+

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Hong Kong romantic comedy is a musical parody of a 1959 opera film. It follows the same characters from that story in a playful and exaggerated way. The film was released for the Chinese New Year holiday.

playfulwhimsicalenergeticcheerfulsillymusicalcampylighthearted

What happens

Chinese Odyssey 2002 is a 2002 Hong Kong mo lei tau musical film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau and produced by Wong Kar-wai. It stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Faye Wong, Zhao Wei and Chang Chen. It is a parody of the 1959 Huangmei opera film The Kingdom and the Beauty, with virtually the same characters. It was released during the Chinese New Year, following the practice of the Hong Kong movie industry to boost comedy ticket sales during the holiday season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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