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Those Merry Souls
Dir. Lau Kar-Wing
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Those Merry Souls
Comedy
Fantasy
Action
Horror
Original title: 時來運轉
Director
Lau Kar-Wing
Screenplay
Sze-To Cheuk-Hon, Wong Ying
Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.
Release
May 30, 1985
Budget
—
Country
Hong Kong
Revenue
—
Cast
Yuen Biao
Chiu Chi-Lung
Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
Ng Kuai-Tak
Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Uncle Chiu
Lam Ching-Ying
Tak's father
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Waterloo Tai
Lily Li
Auntie Pearl
Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Fernando Ng
Wu Ma
Ah Ma
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Movie director
Moon Lee
Fung
Paul Chung Fat
Messenger of death
Billy Lau Nam-Kwong
Doctor
Ng Ha-Ping
Lily Ting
Billy Ching Sau-Yat
Billy
Yue Ming
George
Lau Kar-Wing
Guy practising Kung Fu
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Those Merry Souls
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