| Crazy Couple | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Ricky Lau | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Guy Lai | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Dean Shek Lau Ka-yung Lily Li Fung Hark-On Huang Ha Wong Ching Eric Tsang Peter Chan | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Yee Tung-lung | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Tony Chow | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Filmway Pictures | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 90 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$1,638,491.30 | ||||||||||||||
Crazy Couple is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Ricky Lau and starring Dean Shek and Lau Ka-yung.[1]
Street performer Cho brings his pet around to perform hoping to raise money to study martial arts. Retired martial arts master Chiu Chat-yeh has a mentally disabled daughter who is unattended and has Cho take care of her. Cho finds a girl from out of town named Piu-hung to take his spot as Chiu's daughter's caretaker and goes to study martial arts with the village's martial arts teacher, Kwan Yee-sai. Cho also befriends Kwan's son, Yan. One day, a group of bandits come and terrorize the village and Chiu and Kwan team up to resist them. Chiu has stolen jewelry in his house which is unexpectedly stolen by Piu-hung. Chiu and Kwan are killed later as well. Cho and Yan flee to many places and seek a teacher to mentor them in martial arts. With continuous twists and turns along the way, they finally find the real culprit behind the scenes.
The film grossed HK$1,638,491.30 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 30 December 1979 to 8 January 1980.