Lai Shi, China's Last Chief , also known as The Last Chief in China , is Hong Kong's 1988 historical film drama which was directed by Jacob Cheung in his directorial debut and starring Max Mok in the lead role of Liu Lai-shi. The film is based on Ni Kuang's novel about the Sun Yaoting eunuch.
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Plot
Chaos during the Qing Dynasty, Liu Lai-shi (Max Mok) envied the glory of fellow townspeople and eunuch Siu-tak-cheung and asked his parents to be purified. Soon, the Qing dynasty collapsed, Liu failed to become the imperial eunuch and sent to Beijing to study opera. Later he met his childhood friend Chiu Tai (Irene Wan). Liu intends to live a normal family life, but can not do it after the identity of a eunuch exposed. The leader of the opera group (Sammo Hung) sympathizes with Liu's life experience and tries to organize it into the palace to become China's last eunuch. In 1924, Emperor Xuantong was expelled from the Forbidden City and Liu also began his wandering career.
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Cast
- Max Mok as Liu Lai-shi, the main protagonist, the last eunuch of China
- Irene Wan as Chiu Tai, Liu Lai-shi's childhood friend
- Sammo Hung as teacher Liu Lai-shi, leader of the opera troupe (guest star)
- Andy Lau as Han Ming, husband of Chiu Tai and a revolutionary (guest star)
- Wu Ma as Lord Ting, the head of the eunuch (guest star)
- Lam Ching-ying as Liu Chang-fu, Liu Lai-fhi's father (guest star)
- Ah-leh Cave as Liu Lai-shi's mother
- Pauline Wong as Sister Hung, a whore
- Manfred Wong as Kasim Lee
- Peter Mak
- Alfred Cheung as District Chief
- Anthony Chan as a Japanese translator
- James Tien as General Lei
- Sit Hon as Master Chao
- Sungung Lung as the landlord of Fu
- Ng Min as a member of opera group
- Yuen Miu as a member of opera group
- Chow Kam-kong as a member of the opera group
- Pang Yun-cheung as a member of opera group
- Lee Chi-kit as a Japanese soldier
- Vincent Chiao as Adjutant
Theme song
- Misconceptions (??)
- Composer: Joseph Koo
- Lyricist: Cheng Kwok-kong
- Singer: Andy Lau
Box office
The film earned HK $ 15,624,171 at the Hong Kong box office during a run from March 4 to March 31, 1988 in Hong Kong.
Accolades
External links
- The Last Chief in China in Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Lai Shi, China's Last Chief in Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Zhong Guo zui hou yi ge tai jian at IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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