Hong Kong Rhapsody (1968)
There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong Kong musical orchestrated by a Japanese director and composer, it breaks through the ranks as a classic of campy kitsch. A follow-up to the previous year's megahit Hong Kong Nocturne, with the same Japanese creative team, Hong Kong Rhapsody follows the fortunes of an unemployed magician whose love life is so knotty it would take Houdini to unravel!
Director: Umetsugu Inoue
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Li Ching as Chang Hsiao Ping |
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Peter Chen Ho as Chen Tzu-Hsin |
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Alison Chang Yen as Lin Yu Lan |
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Chen Hung-Lieh as Li Jia Wen |
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Yang Chi-Ching as Lin Chin Fu |
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Wei Ping-Ao as Wei Chung Liang |
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Angela Yu Chien as Li Tan Ni |
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Helen Ma Hoi-Lun as Wong Chen Chen |
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Lily Ho as Lily Ho |
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Chin Ping as Chin Ping |
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Margaret Hsing Hui as Margaret Hsing Hui |
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Lin Yu as Lan's troupe member |
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Hong Liu as Lan's troupe member |
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Pang Pang as Old Feng |
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Lan Wei-Lieh as Old Chiu |
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Tsang Choh-Lam as Old Chiu's friend |
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Yau Lung as Old Chiu's friend |
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Lee Ho as Chen's boyfriend |
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Man Sau as Liu Ma |
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To Wing-Leung as Old Chang |
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Erh Chun as Nightclub manager |
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Chu Gam as Nightclub manager |
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Chin Chun as Producer Cheng |
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Tony Lee Wan-Miu as Policeman |
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Wong Ching-Wan as Girl at night club |
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Cheung Chok-Chow as Manager of one of the actress |
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Gam Tin-Chue as Manager of One of the Actress |
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Wong Ching-Ho as Uncle Ni |
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Shum Lo as Ping's party guest |
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Ng Wai as Ping's party guest |
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Hao Li-Jen as Ping's party guest |
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Wu Ho as Ping's party guest |
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Kwan Yan as Ping's party guest |
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Chai Lam as Ping's party guest |
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Cheung Hei as Ping's party guest |
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Ting Tung as Ping's party guest |
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Yue Man-Wah as Ping's party guest |
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King Pai-Chien as Nightclub patron |
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Wong Bei-Dak as Lan's friend |
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Bai Lang as Nightclub waiter |
| Production | Run Run Shaw | Producer |
| Editing | Chiang Hsing-Lung | Editor |
| Camera | Tadashi Nishimoto | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Umetsugu Inoue | Writer |
| Directing | Umetsugu Inoue | Director |
| Directing | Kuei Chih-Hung | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fong Yuen | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Wang Yong-Hua | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ryōichi Hattori | Music |