Paper Marriage
| Paper Marriage | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Traditional | 過埠新娘 |
| Simplified | 过埠新娘 |
| Mandarin | Guò Bù Xīn Niáng |
| Cantonese | Gwo3 Fau6 San1 Neong2 |
| Directed by | Alfred Cheung |
| Produced by | Choi Wing-cheong |
| Written by |
Alfred Cheung Keith Wong |
| Starring |
Sammo Hung Maggie Cheung |
| Music by |
Joseph Koo Sherman Chow |
| Cinematography | Jimmy Leung |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$13,405,571 |
Paper Marriage is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy-drama film directed by Alfred Cheung and starring Sammo Hung and Maggie Cheung.
Plot
Set in Canada, a down-on-his-luck Chinese boxer named Bo Chin (Sammo Hung) accepts promise of payment to marry a Hong Kong woman named Jade Lee (Maggie Cheung) so she can get Canadian citizenship. They realize too late that they have been set up in a complicated plan to cheat them out of the woman's money. Their adventures begin when Bo is forced back into the ring and Maggie tries her hand at mud-wrestling.
Production
Paper Marriage was filmed in Edmonton, Alberta. The opening sequence was shot at Northlands Park, while the final action sequence being shot at the West Edmonton Mall.[1]
Cast
- Sammo Hung as Bo Chin
- Maggie Cheung as Jade Lee
- Joyce Godenzi as Bo's ex-wife
- Alfred Cheung as Peter
- Meg Lam as Home Immigration Control officer
- Billy Chow as Thai Boxer (doubled by Chin Ka-lok)
- Dick Wei as White Suit kicker
- Philip Ko as Crazy Eyes
- Chin Ka-lok as White Suit's Thug
- Tony Morelli as White Suit's thug
- Rainbow Ching as Immigration Officer Chin
- Hsiao Hou as White Suit's thug in clown disguise
- Lee Chi-kit as Debt Colletor
- Rocky Li
References
- ↑ "Guo bu xin lang (1988)". Guo bu xin lang. Guo bu xin lang. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
External links
- Paper Marriage at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Guo bu xin lang at the Internet Movie Database
- Paper Marriage at Hong Kong Cinemagic
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