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Directed by | Wang Guangli |
Produced by | Cory Vietor Zhu Lei |
Written by | Wang Guangli Huang Jinguang |
Starring | Francis Ng Cherrie Ying |
Music by | John Thompson |
Cinematography | Lu Yuqing |
Editing by | Adam Kerby Ching-Song Liao |
Release date(s) | China: April 20, 2006 Hong Kong: May 25, 2006 |
Running time | 98 min |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin Sichuanese |
Karmic Mahjong (simplified Chinese: 血战到底; traditional Chinese: 血戰到底; pinyin: xùe zhàn dào dǐ) is a 2006 Chinese comedy film directed by Wang Guangli. It stars Francis Ng as a mechanic from Chengdu plagued by bad luck and Cherrie Ying as a young woman who appears to share the same affliction. The film also features cameos by the prominent Chinese directors Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke.
The film, a mainland production of the Shanghai Dachong Cultural Information Company and the Zhangzhou Xinchuang Cultural Information Company, nevertheless is director Wang Guangli's homage to the Hong Kong tradition of action-comedies.[1]
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