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The Eighth Happiness

The Eighth Happiness

19886.11h 31m

Overview

Three oddball brothers go looking for love but unfortunately, their out-there personalities get in the way!

Directed by Johnnie To
Written by Philip Cheng Chung-Tai, Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, Edward Li Gui-Ming
Produced by Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
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Top Cast

Raymond Wong Pak-Ming

Raymond Wong Pak-Ming

Fang Chien Hui

Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat

Fang Chien Lang / Fong Kim Long

Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau

Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau

Fang Chien Sheng / San

Petrina Fung Bo-Bo

Petrina Fung Bo-Bo

Ms. Wu Hsiu Fang

Carol Cheng

Carol Cheng

DoDo

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Beautiful

Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying

Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying

Ying Ying

Wong Kwan-Yuen

Wong Kwan-Yuen

Ming Ming [intro]

Lee Heung-Kam

Lee Heung-Kam

Auntie Chin

Michael Chow Man-Kin

Michael Chow Man-Kin

Roy

About The Eighth Happiness

The Eighth Happiness is a comedy, romance film released in 1988. Directed by Johnnie To, it stars Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, Chow Yun-Fat, Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau. Three oddball brothers go looking for love but unfortunately, their out-there personalities get in the way!

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