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 |
| Mandarin | Huá Jī Shí Dài |
| Cantonese | Waat6 Kai2 Si4 Doi6 |
| Directed by | John Woo |
| Produced by | Karl Maka |
| Screenplay by | John Woo |
| Starring | Dean Shek Wong Wai Karl Maka Wu Ma Lee Chung-keung Chic Lau |
| Music by | Frankie Chan |
| Cinematography | Manny Ho |
| Edited by | Tony Chow |
Production company | Cinema City |
| Distributed by | Cinema City |
Release date | 24 December 1980 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$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.
External links
- Laughing Times at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Laughing Times at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Laughing Times on IMDb