God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai DVD cover
Directed by	Jing Wong
Written by	Jing Wong
Starring	Stephen Chow Ray Lui Ng Man-Tat Gong Li
Release date(s)	1991
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese, Mandarin
Preceded by	God of Gamblers II
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai is a 1991 Hong Kong movie, a sequel to the film God of Gamblers II. The film is directed by Wong Jing, and stars Stephen Chow and Ng Man Tat. The Chinese title of this film is "Knight of Gamblers II: Back to Shanghai," and does not feature the Knight of Gamblers, or the God of Gamblers. "God of Gamblers III" continues the story of the Saint of Gamblers (Chow).

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Miscellanea
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

After the events in God of Gamblers II, Tai-Kun who lost his ESP powers has regained the abilities again and decides to strike revenge towards Sing, the Saint of Gamblers. When Tai-Kun, with his condisciples as aids, is exerting ESP powers under full force against Sing who are doing the same, the spacetime becomes distorted and sends Tai-Kun and Sing to the 1937 Shanghai.

Meeting Sing's own grandfather Chow Tai Fook and the benign millionaire Ding Lik, Sing, in the meantime, must face the forthcoming crises arose from Ding Lik's foes and Japanese military forces, deal with his "mistaken" crush on one of a twin sisters, get to see for himself that who is the one that defeated the French "God of Gamblers" Pierre Cashon in that era - the mysterous "comment allez-vous", and finally find out how to travel back to year 1991 Hong Kong...

[edit] Cast

Stephen Chow - Chow Sing Cho "Saint of Gamblers"
Ng Man Tat - Uncle Tat/Chow Tai Fook
Gong Li - Miss Yu-San/Yu-Mong (Yu-San means "fairy-like" while Yu-Mong means "dream-like")
Sandra Ng - Spring
Ray Lui - Ding Lik
Chan Lung - Tiger Lui
Man Cheung - Yee Mong
John Ching - Tai-Kun, Devil of Gamblers
Billy Chow - Japanese Soldier
Charles Heung - Ng Loong "God of Guns"
Lam Dion - One of Tai Kun's men
Lau Shun - Eunuch Wei
Indra Leech - Prince Of Gamblers
Lung Fong - Wong Kam-Kwai
Tien Feng - Mayor of Shanghai
Barry Wong - H.K. Police Chief
Declan Wong - Pierre Cashon, French "God of Gamblers"
Wong Jing - H.K. Cop
Wong Wan-Si - Japanese Officer
Yeung Ching-Ching - Ding's Female Bodyguard

[edit] Miscellanea

Sing falls in head over heels with a girl that he does not know to be mentally retarded. The romance between the characters Rita Leeds and Michael Bluth in the U.S. television program, Arrested Development, is similar to this.
The Ding Lik character first appeared as one of the main characters of the 1980 TVB mobster drama The Bund. It was in that series that Ray Lui originated the role of Ding Lik, which he reprised in God of Gamblers III. Notably, Chow Yun Fat, the star of the first God of Gamblers film, was also one of the primary stars of The Bund, and his Bund character Hui Man Keung is mentioned in God of Gamblers III, although the character does not appear in the film because he is dead.