Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
Also Known As: Clifton Ko, Zhisen Gao, Chi Shen Kao, Chi-Sum Ko, Clifton C.S. Ko, Clifton Chi-Sum Ko, Ko Chi Sum, 高志森
Biography: Clifton Ko is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter. He entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director Clifford Choi. In 1982 Ko entered Raymond Wong's the newly founded Cinema City & Films Co., and directed his first film The Happy Ghost in 1984. The film series, like all his major works, is a slapstick comedy with moral teaching, family value, and optimism.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
Birthday: August 06, 1958
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Gender: Male
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The Gambling Ghost
Overview: Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung Kau. Fatty is a hotel worker, yearning for sudden wealth. Therefore, he, and his co-worker, enter the gambling world, to the dismay of his father. When Fatty hits rock bottom, the ghost of his grandfather resurrects to help him. However, Fatty learns that his grandfather was murdered, therefore, he will stop at nothing to avenge his death.
Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-03-02
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Stooges in Hong Kong
Overview: James Wong stars as a late night talk show host who tells some of the dirtiest jokes and is insanely popular. His show is the biggest rated late night show on television. But all of his credit should go to his mistreated joke writer (Tommy Wong). Instead of paying him the money he truly deserves, James Wong short changes him every chance he can get. His personal life is a mess as well. He has a hot wife whom he can't satisfy and no friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-03-21
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Hui's Comedy: A Look Back Featurette
Overview: Look back on 4 comedy classics with 7 top filmmakers of our time. Explore the cultural impact of The Hui Brothers – the most successful cinema trio in Hong Kong history.
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2016-04-04
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Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
Overview: In this sequel to Yesterday You, Yesterday Me, Bobby looks back on his youthful dreams -- the joys of love and the pain of separation. He also remembers the summer of 1985 when he was smitten with a woman named Sharon.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-08-31
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Puppy Love
Overview: Story is about a couple of girls named Ching (Lam San San) and An An (Pak Wan Yin) who have been rivals ever since they were little kids. The main gist of the story, besides trying to go one up on each other, deals with the girls’ hot pursuit of super jock, Paul (Chan Chun Kwok). Ching is the first one to gain Paul’s attention while An An is busy toying with geeky looking Michael’s (Dicky Cheung) love for her. Eventually, Paul gets tired of Ching and Michael wakes up and realizes that An An is playing him and to rub salt in their wounds, Paul decides that An An is the one for him! Next thing you, kiddy hijinks ensue as Michael and Ching feign suicide to make Paul and An An feel guilty, but when the latter believes that the suicide is for real, they too (half heartedly) decide to take their own lives. Michael and Ching must rush to save them from death, but during the whole near explosive melee, they come to the conclusion that they were made for each other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-09-07
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Seventeen: 1977
Overview: One episode of the “Seventeen” series (1977)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-09-01
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Task Force
Overview: Lin is a plain-clothes cop in the crime-riddled district of Mongkok who bungles a vice operation directed at mainland prostitues. He falls for a ditsy hooker who tells him the love of her life is a killer who once svaed her life in a shootout.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-11-13
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All's Well End's Well, Too
Overview: Chow Tung is a licentious man who was arranged to get married along with his ugly sister Gut to partners not of their choice. Chow, being a filial son, agrees to go along with his mother's plans. The plot thickens when Chow meets the beautiful Snow White and decides to marry her of which Matriarch Chow agrees whole-heartedly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-01-20
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It's a Wonderful Life
Overview: This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chinese New Year's eve. We are introduced to thirteen "Big Rich" people, learn of their particular dispositions and dilemmas, are witness to the former either getting changed or developed and see the latter (re)solved. Teresa Mo as the daughter just returned from studying in France; Leslie Cheung as the friend who came in tow; Tony Leung Kar Fai as the cartoonist son who can only speak normally when he is anxious; Anita Yuen as the woman who Tony Leung's character falls in love with; Carol "Do Do" Cheng as her flat-chested, disciplinary-cum-art teacher sister; Raymond Wong as the eldest son who cannot handle alcohol well; Petrina Fung Bo Bo as his estranged wife; Sean Lau as the marriage-minded cousin; and Kwan Tak Hing as the eccentric-but-definitely-not-senile grandfather.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-02-06
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I Will Wait for You!
Overview: A Hong Kong version of the 1978 American film Same Time, Next Year, I Will Wait For You stars the winning screen pair of Anita Yuen and Tony Leung Ka Fai. So Yau Shing (Tony Leung Ka Fai) is a married salesman who meets the spirited and lovely Cheung Wai Sum (Anita Yuen) two weeks before she's due to be married. But love can't be denied, no matter the circumstance. The two fall passionately into bed, but the reality of their lives won't allow for everlasting happiness. They agree to meet at the same place and at the same time every year to consummate their love...but can they - and their initially unaware spouses - handle the long term love affair?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-03-31
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La Lingerie
Overview: La Lingerie concerns four women Miu, Donut, Celine and CC who’s lives and loves are linked through a sexy lingerie shop where Donut works.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2008-08-08
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Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
Overview: Music producer Sam and his cross-dressing protege Wing have finally professed their love for another, but now what?
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-08-15
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Echoes of the Rainbow
Overview: Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother Desmond is every family's dream son - an outstanding athlete with grades worthy of Hong Kong's best school.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-03-11
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Slickers vs. Killers
Overview: Success Hung, an ace cell phone salesman who his feeling the heat from young, up and comer Miss Cheng. One day, Hung witnesses a mob hit. Though the panic-stricken salesman tries to tell his friends about the incident, Hung's gift for exaggeration in the past makes everyone suspicion of his claims except for a relative the deceased who comes to believe that Hung pulled the trigger.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-09-13
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Doctor's Heart
Overview: An idealistic hospital intern contends with cost-cutting measures and endemic corruption while lusting after a sweet social worker who just happens to be the lover of the facility's crooked administrator.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-06-19
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The Nobles
Overview: Interior designer Dodo and lawyer Michael have been in love for years with no plans of marriage. Because of the intervention by the colleagues, Dodo resigns in anger and leaves for New York with Michael. She is heart-broken to catch Michael in a passionate scene with her close friend at the airport. After that, Dodo gets stuck with her first assignment of her own company. She has no resources but to seek help of Jacky, a worker from former design company, but misunderstanding arises between them due to difference in rank. But as they get on more, they begin to admire each other. Meantime, Michael, who tries to win back Dodo's heart. What would Dodo decide between her two admirers?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-07-01
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Burning Sensation
Overview: A firefighter salvages a spiritual shrine from an old burning building, which releases the gentle ghost of a Chinese opera singer, killed in a stage fire 30 years before. Grateful for saving her, the ghost falls for the firefighter and will stop at nothing to ensure his safety from the evils that lurk ahead. At the same time, the firefighter doesn't realize he is dating a ghost.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-05-06
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too
Overview: A large family decide that they must find a bigger place because their current flat is too cramped and triads are threatening to burn them down to pass a message on to somebody down the corridor. So after being mucked around by an agent selling a house in the country, they move into a dilapidated house. They then discover that it is going to be torn down and a huge shopping centre erected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-02-27
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All's Well, Ends Well 2009
Overview: Kei's eldest sister Sandra is a hot-tempered magazine editor and her temperament has left her single all this while. One of the family rules is that none of the siblings could get married before their eldest sister. Kei seeks help from the famous Casanova, Koo Chai, to pretend to court his eldest sister and lure her into the mood of love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2009-01-22
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Show Me Your Love
Overview: Told from Nin’s perspective, Show Me Your Love subtly reveals how the mother and son had been estranged by their years of miscommunication before Nin moved to Hong Kong to go to university. As the pair patch up their differences for a poignant closure, the film retains its composure with believable performances by its leads.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-24
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Beyond's Diary
Overview: Kui (Wong Ka Kui), Keung (Steve Wong), Chung (Paul Wogn) and Wing (Wing Yip) are four buddies who are all very enthusiastic about music. Together they form a band called Beyond. In order to fulfill his family's emigration dream, Kui works round the clock to earn money and exhausts himself to sickness. Keung wants to build a successful career, but only finds himself being framed by his boss. Chung's childhood dream was to become a police officer, but he is rejected due to his weak body. Wing wants to study music at Hong Kong University, but his girlfriend (Faye Wong) and her parents pressure him into medicine. Can they find their ways again through friendship and music?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-08-29
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For Your Heart Only
Overview: Disco jockey Piggy Chan, mechanic Sapi and cousin Hayden are good friends. They three form a trio-Lovebursters. Some day, Piggy met a girl Jane Yu and fell in love at first sight with her. He tears down all obstacles to win her heart but after that, he resumes his inclination to flirt around. On the other hand, Sapi and Piggy’s sister Mable are deeply in love. Piggy is very furious when he discovers their love affair. However. He finally decides not to intervene because Sapi has a fatal disease. With the mounting pressure from friends and relatives, Piggy realizes his true affection towards Jane but she rejects him. The Loverbusters then step in and salvage the couple’s relationship.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-09-07
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Twin Dragons
Overview: Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-15
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My Family
Overview: The Ng family: Doctor Ng, Mrs. Ng, Ng Chee (little daughter), Ng Lei and Ng Choi (son and daughter of Doctor Ng and his ex-wife) went to picnic happily. Hereon, different romances happened between them: First of all, Lei was attracted by Macdonna, a very sexy girl; Chee love little Rambo who saved her from two "teddy' boys; Choi loved her elder cousin who was graduated from a foreign university and had not found a job yet; Ms Ng decided to apply for the post of actress for a drama association. Billy, the director of the drama was the divorced father of little Rambo. He fell in love with Mrs.Ng at the first sight. On the birthday party of Dr. Ng, Lei and Choi discovered that Danny and Macdonna were lovers. They were very disappointed. When the drama was showing, Chee misunderstood that it was real. She rushed on to the stage and accused Billy of taking her mother away. The other family members also ran onto the stage and accused Billy of destroying their family happiness......
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-01-30
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The Way We Are
Overview: A woman finds it easier to come to the aid of a relative stranger than to deal with her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2008-07-17
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Mr. Coconut
Overview: Lovable Mr. Coconut arrives in town from Hainan China where he lived with his coconuts. Here in the sophisticated urban jungles of Hong Kong. He has finally reunited with his family, as he endures Hong Kong Streets of the late 1980s, filled with stock and property gamblers, heavy mobile phones and others.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-01-21
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All's Well, Ends Well
Overview: Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-25
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Miss Du Shi Niang
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2003-11-20
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Walk With Me
Overview: Starting as a story of a bullied young female factory worker, the film amps up its frightening tropes as it gradually escalates into a feverish nightmare. An evil boss, an abusive father, a sibling’s mysterious death, creepy dolls, ghost children, and blood-chillingly violent setpieces all come together both viscerally and metaphorically for this brooding tale of repression and the dark side of human nature.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2019-08-22
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II
Overview: After losing their lottery winnings during the bank's closure, the Biu family's luck changes again as Bill's job promotion and daughters' education and work careers sent them and the entire family to lead their new lives in Canada, where new misadventures await.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-02-13
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Mr. Handsome
Overview: Two Hong Kong men must find a way to deal with their love lives: One with a much younger girlfriend and is admired by his co-worker, and one who is married to two hilarious, dictatorial and stubborn women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-10-29
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Happy Ghost II
Overview: A high school teacher constantly has pranks played on him by the students. He becomes a ghost with magical powers, but they keep getting him in trouble with his superiors.
Genres: Horror Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-07-18
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Legacy of Rage
Overview: A man is framed for murder by his drug-dealing best friend who covets his girlfriend, leading to eight years in jail and a vow of revenge upon release.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-12-20
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Wonder Mama
Overview: About to turn 50, a librarian's world is shattered when she learns that her 70-year-old father may have gotten their maid pregnant.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2015-05-29
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Ninth Happiness
Overview: Choi Hung village is full of innocents: people sing and work. The town beauty, Chi Wan, sees a stranger in the woods and falls in love, believing he's a fairy. He pursues her, keeping his real name secret, seeking advice from her sister, Heung, who suggests he buy Chi Wan a fan. Chi Wan and Heung's boyfriend, Dup, think the stranger and Heung are romantically involved, so mistaken jealousies erupt. Also new in town are two brothers, the new town official and his coarse enforcer; they can't believe there's no graft and corruption to profit from, so they try to establish a whorehouse. They also pursue Chi Wan. Can it all be sorted out? Will innocence prevail? And who is this stranger?
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1998-02-14
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Chicken and Duck Talk
Overview: A witty and thoroughly engaging send-up of both the fast food business and the cut-throat techniques often employed by conglomerates to crush independent competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-07-14
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Pom Pom Strikes Back
Overview: The Hong Kong detectives, Chau and Beethoven, are back once more. This time, their mission is to protect a young girl from a gang boss' henchmen, who are trying to eliminate her so she couldn't testify in court against their boss. Meanwhile, the plot thickens when a police medical report revealed that Chau apparently has cancer; therefore, Beethoven will see to it that his partner will have a well-deserved vacation in his remaining months.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-08-14
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The Wrong Couples
Overview: Upon returning home, sailor Yu (Richard Ng) is shock to discover that not only his wife left him, but the house has also been sub-letted to an old maid, May Wong (Josephine Siu). Both Yu and Wong have their own strange habits, and them living together under the same roof causes numerous hilarious incidents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-06-11
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Bless This House
Overview: Building designer Bill Chang and his family move into a seemingly wonderful house after getting a promotion. However, they were not aware of the house's sinister past involving its previous owner - an abusive, handicapped actor who torched his home, killing him, his wife and two daughters. After the Chang family settled in, the actor's restless ghost wants to reclaim ownership of the house and the people that inhabit it.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-03-30
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Rich Man
Overview: A triad gangster is sent to prison and there he meets a millionaire who takes him under his wing. When back out he is showered with wealth. There is one problem--he doesn't fit in with his old friends nor his new rich acquaintances.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-10-15
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
Overview: A young rebel falls for the sister of a local kickboxing champion. In order to stay out of jail, he is advised by his parole officer to begin training in the art of kickboxing. His romance with the girl blossoms but comes to a crashing halt when he is forced to face her brother in the ring. When the brother is accidentally killed, the romance ends and the young kickboxer participates in illegal street fights. When the kickboxer has a shot at the Golden Belt against the Japanese champ, he soon learns that this may be the final fight of his life. Written by Ninja01
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-04-20
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Naked Ambition
Overview: John and Andy, comic section editors of a magazine, become unemployed because of the winding-up of the publisher. Together with three other colleagues, they publish their own porn magazine, which turns out to be very well-received in the market. Their sexual fantasies are realized, and on the other hand, they become the tycoons in the porn circle. Yet, with a change in their moral values and a seducing environment surrounding them, challenges await their love...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2003-10-20
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We are Family
Overview: Alan Tam plays as many as four roles in the film: a guy always in baseball cap, a man resembling the legendary Wong Fei Hung, a sloppy middle-aged man with a big belly, and even an eighty-year-old lady! Hacken Lee is an up-and-coming office manager named Kit who is about to marry his flight attendant girlfriend. However, her family members - all played by Alan Tam - are pretty strict when it comes to choosing the right husband for her!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-05-30
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The Happy Ghost
Overview: From a camping trip, a college girl took home an ancient rope to use to keep her torn backpack in place, not knowing it was used by a disgraced scholar to hang himself with decades before. The scholar's ghost resurrects at her school and befriended her and her two friends, and teaches them the importance of academic success, love, family and friendship.
Genres: Mystery Family Fantasy Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-07-14
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Happy Ghost IV
Overview: A group of college kids discovers the remains of an evil warlord from an old cave and brings it to their dormitory, which ultimately awakens the warlord's ghost. It is seeking to avenge his killer, who has since reincarnated as Mr. Hong's snobby girlfriend Annie. With Hong and Annie endangered, Hong's reincarnated spirit takes over to save him and Annie, and defeat the demon.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-06-30
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Merry Christmas
Overview: A widower named Baldy (Karl Maka) longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage to tell her until another man enters the picture and forces his hand. Knowing that Mak, the middle-aged newspaper editor, often misses his late spouse, his beloved children persuade him to date Siu Fung, the singer who lives next door. At this moment, Siu Fung's cousin, Uncle Sam, returns from the States and proposes to marry Siu Fung. One day, dispute happens between Sam and Mak which makes Siu Fung mad with Mak..
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-12-12
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
Overview: Bill, a TV news reporter, tries to make ends meet to support himself, his wife and three daughters in urban Hong Kong. In the mist of the misadventures of Bill and his family, their luck and lives ultimately change when Bill's wife suddenly wins the lottery.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-01-28
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