Laughing Times

Laughing Times is a 1980 Hong Kong comedy film written and directed by John Woo and starring Dean Shek as the Chinese Charlie Chaplin. This is the first film produced by Cinema City, a film company established by Shek, Karl Maka and Raymond Wong.

Laughing Times
Film poster
Traditional滑稽時代
Simplified滑稽时代
MandarinHuá Jī Shí Dài
CantoneseWaat6 Kai2 Si4 Doi6
Directed byJohn Woo
Produced byKarl Maka
Screenplay byJohn Woo
StarringDean Shek
Wong Wai
Karl Maka
Wu Ma
Lee Chung-keung
Chic Lau
Music byFrankie Chan
CinematographyManny Ho
Edited byTony Chow
Production
company
Distributed byCinema City
Release date
24 December 1980 (1980-12-24)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$5,186,448.50

Plot

In the postwar community, where the economy is falling and many businesses are bleak. A starving wanderer named the Chinese Charlie Chaplin (Dean Shek) meets an orphan (Wong Wai) who was used to do illegal things by bad guy Master Ting (Karl Maka) and the two become fast friends. Later Charlie also meets a poor singer (Wong Sau Man), whom he develops a funny romance with, and a drunkard (Wu Ma). Due to humiliation from Ting, the drunkard turned to drinking. Later, Ting abducts the kid and the singer, prompting Charlie and the drunkard to finally rise up with ambition and risk their lives to save the kid and the singer and eventually, Ting was unable to evade the law.

Cast

  • Dean Shek as Chinese Charlie Chaplin
  • Wong Wai as the Kid
  • Karl Maka as Master Ting
  • Wu Ma as Drunkard
  • Lee Chung-keung
  • Chic Lau
  • Tai San as Man wearing shades
  • Tsang Cho-lam as Barber Cheung
  • Wong Sau-man as Singer
  • Ho Pak-kwong as Chiu Siu-man's Father
  • Hoi Sang Lee as bodyguard
  • Fung King-man as Man eating noodle
  • Chiu Chi-ling as street performer
  • Wong Yat-fei as Man getting scalp
  • Sai Gwa-Pau as Man who chokes on noodles
  • Raymond Wong as Man eating banana
  • Ting Yue
  • Shing Wan-on
  • Chan Fei-lung
  • Luk Ying-hong
  • Chu Tak-wai as policeman
  • Ho Wan
  • Leung Hung

Box office

The film grossed HK$5,186,448.50 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 24 December 1980 to 11 January 1981 in Hong Kong.


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