Lawyer Lawyer
| Lawyer Lawyer 算死草 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joe Ma |
| Produced by | Joe Ma |
| Written by |
Joe Ma Wong Ho-Wa |
| Starring |
Stephen Chow Eric Kot Karen Mok Chingmy Yau |
| Music by | Lincoln Lo |
| Cinematography | Cheung Man-Po |
| Editing by |
Cheung Ka-Fai Kong Chi-Leung |
| Distributed by | Cameron Entertainment |
| Release dates | 1997 |
| Running time | 85 min |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Lawyer Lawyer (Cantonese 算死草, Jyutping syun3 sei2 cou2, literally "compute death weed") is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy film produced, directed and co-written by Joe Ma.
Plot
Stephen Chow is Chan Mong-Gut, a famous Chinese lawyer, who must defend his apprentice Foon, who got framed for murder, in court.
Stephen Chow stars as Chan Mong-Gut, a famous Chinese lawyer who was killed in the Qing dynasty. He must defend his apprentice, Foon, who has been framed for murder in Hong Kong. Being the third worst lawyer in China, he challenges the British legal system with no evidence on hand and manages to identify the killer in a hilarious way.
1997
The film was released during the same year as the Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong. As the film deals specifically with the issue of justice, it can be interpreted as responding to the fears of the PRC takeover and to the general uncertainty of what that meant to the people of Hong Kong. The film promotes a normative vision of justice that can prevail over any tyranny, suggesting that knowledge of law, and the freedom to express it, is more important than brute strength (as embodied by the trials and tribulations of Chang Mong-Gut over countless foes).
Cast
- Stephen Chow as Chan Mong-Gut
- Eric Kot as Foon
- Karen Mok
- Chingmy Yau
- Law Kar-ying
- Cheung Tat-ming
- Vincent Kok
- Tats Lau
- Chung King-Fai
- Paul Fonoroff
- Bowie Lam
- Spencer Lam
- Lee Siu-kei
- Simon Lui
- Wyman Wong
- Bobby Yip
- Moses Chan