My Lucky Stars
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| My Lucky Stars | |
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| Directed by | Sammo Hung |
| Produced by | Leonard Ho |
| Written by | Barry Wong Szeto Chuek-Hon |
| Starring | Sammo Hung Jackie Chan Yuen Biao Richard Ng Eric Tsang Sibelle Hu |
| Release date(s) | 1985 |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Preceded by | Winners and Sinners |
| Followed by | Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars |
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My Lucky Stars (Fuk sing go jiu - literal: Lucky Stars Superior Shine) is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy, directed by Sammo Hung. It is the second film in the Lucky Stars series.
The film was also released under the following alternative titles:
- Tokyo Powerman (Germany)
- Winners & Sinners 2 (Sweden)
- Winners & Sinners 2: My Lucky Stars
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[edit] Plot summary
The plot involves Jackie Chan's character (an undercover cop) enlisting his childhood friends, the "Five Lucky Stars", to travel to Japan to help him catch a Yakuza group.
Despite being billed as one of the stars, Chan's role in the film is relatively minor until the last half hour. The major star of the film is Chan's longtime associate and former member of the Seven Little Fortunes, Sammo Hung. The film also features another of that troupe, Yuen Biao.
The film is a semi-sequel to Winners and Sinners, seeing the return of the "Five Lucky Stars" troupe (albeit with different names) and many of the same actors. However, in this film and it's (proper) sequel, Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars, Sammo's character is the nominal leader of the gang, rather than Stanley Fung's character.
John Shum ("Curly" in Winners and Sinners) was notably absent from the gang in this film, due to his commitments as a political activist. He is ostensibly replaced in this film by Eric Tsang.
[edit] Cast includes
- Sammo Hung - "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck"
- Sibelle Hu - "Barbara Woo"
- Richard Ng - "Sandy"
- Charlie Chin - "Herb"
- Eric Tsang - "Roundhead"
- Stanley Fung - "Rawhide"
- Jackie Chan - "Muscles"
- Yuen Biao - "Ricky Fung"
- Walter Cho - "Supt. Walter Tsao"
- Michiko Nishiwaki - Japanese Fighter
[edit] Trivia
- As with Heart of Dragon, Sammo Hung's real-life brother makes a cameo appearance as a henchman.
[edit] Box Office
During its Hong Kong theatrical run, My Lucky Stars grossed HK $30,748,643. It was the first film to pass the HK $30 million mark in Hong Kong.
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