The Romancing Star II
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| The Romancing Star II | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 精裝追女仔之2 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 精装追女仔之2 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Wong Jing | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Wong Jing | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Wallace Cheung | ||||||||||
| Starring | Andy Lau Eric Tsang Natalis Chan Stanley Fung Lo Hoi-pang Wong Jing Carina Lau Elizabeth Lee Ngan Ning Wong Wan-sze Chow Yun-fat | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | David Choi | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Robert Choi | ||||||||||
| Music by | Sherman Chow | ||||||||||
Production companies | Win's Movie Production Movie Impact | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Win's Entertainment Gala Film Distribution Limited | ||||||||||
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Running time | 102 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$17,096,271 | ||||||||||
The Romancing Star II (Chinese: 精裝追女仔之2) is a 1988 Hong Kong romantic comedy film written and directed by Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau, Eric Tsang, Natalis Chan and Stanley Fung. Chow Yun-fat, the star of the film's precedent The Romancing Star, makes a brief cameo in the opening scene. The film was later followed by The Romancing Star III released in the following year.
Plot
[edit]Lau Pei collaborates with his friends to film a drama series to impress his crush Po-chu, but the drama series leads to unexpected levels of popularity.
Cast
[edit]- Andy Lau as Lau Pei
- Eric Tsang as Silver / Mocking Face
- Natalis Chan as Tony / Traffic Light
- Stanley Fung as Ken Lau
- Lo Hoi-pang as Mr. Chow
- Wong Jing as Simon Hand
- Carina Lau as Fong Fong
- Elizabeth Lee as Ching Po-chu
- Ngan Ning as Ka-yin
- Wong Wan-sze as Sister 13
- Chow Yun-fat as Fred Wong / Big Mouth Fat (cameo)
- Alan Tam as himself in lift (cameo)
- Michael Lai as Mr. Lai
- Cheng Gwan-min
- Ben Wong
- Charlie Cho as Mr. Tsang
- Yu Mo-lin as Lady in phone booth (red dress)
- Manfred Wong as Furniture mover's boss
- Lam Fai-wong as man in toilet (cameo)
- Lily Ng as Simon's lover
- Mak Wai-cheung as CID at bank
- William Ho as Mickey in Prison on Fire parody (cameo)
- Victor Hon as Prisoner in Prison on Fire parody (cameo)
- Thomas Sin as Prisoner in Prison on Fire parody (cameo)
- Tony Tam as Gangster boss at hawker stall
- Chun Kwai-po as Gangster at hawker stall
- Chang Sing-kwong as Gangster at hawker stall
- Leung Hak-shun as Councillor Sze To Ming
- Cheung Kwok-wah as Guest at Brother Lung's funeral (cameo)
- Mak Hiu-wai as Guest at Brother Lung's funeral
- Yip Seung-wah as Compere
- Mau Kin-tak as Channel 8 TV's staff
- Shirley Kwan as Woman at Brother Lung's funeral
- Sherman Wong as Chow TV's production staff
- Lee Chuen-hau as Chow TV's interviewee
- Fan Chin-hung as gangster at hawker stall
Theme songs
[edit]- Flaming Red Lips (烈焰紅唇)
- Composer: Anthony Lun
- Lyricist: Calvin Poon
- Singer: Anita Mui
- Sunshine Big Clearance Sale (陽光大減價)
- Composer: Michael Leeson, Peter Vale
- Lyricist: Lo Wing-keung
- Singer: Bennett Pang
Box office
[edit]The film grossed HK$17,096,271 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 21 January to 10 February 1988 in Hong Kong.