God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
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| God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai | |
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 God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Wong Jing |
| Written by | Wong Jing |
| Starring | Stephen Chow Ray Lui Ng Man-Tat Gong Li Sandra Ng |
| Release date(s) |  1991 |
| Running time | 116 min |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Preceded by | God of Gamblers II |
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (traditional Chinese: 賭俠2之上海灘賭聖; simplified Chinese: 赌侠2之上海滩赌圣; pinyin: Dǔxiá èr Shànghǎi tān Dǔshèng; lit. Knight of Gamblers II: Shanghai Beach's Saint of Gamblers) is a 1991 Hong Kong comedy film, 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 film 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).
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[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 mysterious "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")[1]
- Sandra Ng - Spring
- Ray Lui - Ding Lik
- Chan Lung - Tiger Lui
- Cheung Man - Yee Mong
- John Ching - Tai-Kun, Devil of Gamblers
- Billy Chow - Japanese Soldier
- Charles Heung - Ng Loong "God of Guns"
- Dion Lam - 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] Title
Despite the English title, the God of Gamblers does not appear in this movie. The title's literal translation of the first part is The Knight of Gamblers 2, but the Knight (played by Andy Lau) does not appear either. Only Stephen Chow's character The Saint of Gamblers appears.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Due to legal restrictions at the time in Taiwan, a special cut of the movie was released there, and Gong Li's role in the film was replaced by Taiwanese actress and singer Fang Jiwei.
[edit] See also
- God of Gamblers (1989)
- All for the Winner (1990)
- God of Gamblers II (1991)
- God of Gamblers Returns (1994)
