| His Name Is Nobody | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Karl Maka | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Guy Lai | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Karl Maka | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Lau Kar-wing Dean Shek Bryan Leung | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Manny Ho | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Tony Chow | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Sharp Films Company | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 96 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
His Name Is Nobody is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film, written and directed by Karl Maka and starring Lau Kar-wing, Dean Shek and Bryan Leung.
The film initially focuses on a master-and-apprentice duo of con artists who participate in a murder scheme against a professional contract killer. They use a honey trapping method against him, but it backfires and the intended victim kills the woman used in this attempt. The apprentice improves his martial arts skills in preparation for a confrontation with his foe.
The Nobody Kid (Lau Kar-wing) is a street urchin who was abandoned as a child and does not have a name. One day, he meets Sting (Dean Shek), a master con artist, who takes Nobody as his disciple and teaches him swindling and martial arts skills.
The duo is later enlisted by Sting's brother, Baldy (Karl Maka), to murder Ping the Dreg (Chung Fat), a professional assassin. Sting and Nobody plan to take advantage of Ping's lust for women and use Baldy's wife to seduce Ping. However, their plan fails and Ping kills Baldy's wife, while Sting and Nobody are separated as well.
While alone, Nobody meets Koo the Iron Heart (Bryan Leung), an elderly martial arts master and Ping's rival, who also takes Nobody as his disciple and teaches him his skills. However, Koo is later killed by Ping. Nobody eventually reunites with Sting, and together, they confront Ping for vengeance.
Andrew Saroch of Far East Films gave the film a score of three out of five stars and describes the film as "a diverting production that manages to challenge a few clichés of the genre" and praises Dean Shek's performance as "endearing".[1]