All for the Winner
| All for the Winner | |
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 All for the Winner DVD cover | |
| Directed by |
Jeffrey Lau Corey Yuen |
| Written by |
Jeffrey Lau Ng See-Yuen Corey Yuen |
| Starring |
Stephen Chow Cheung Man Ng Man Tat Sandra Ng Paul Chun Corey Yuen Jeffrey Lau |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 min |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language |
Cantonese Mandarin |
| Box office | HK$41,326,156 |
All for the Winner (Chinese: 賭聖 Literal translation: Saint of Gambling) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen.
Plot
Sing (Stephen Chow) is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat" (Ng Man-Tat). When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-Mong (lit. trans: Beautiful Dream, but euphemistically as wet dream), a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.
Sequels
While All for the Winner itself was initially a parody of God of Gamblers, it was such a well-received film that it spawned many sequels of its own. The story was also officially tied into the God of Gamblers continuity as of God of Gamblers II. Although God of Gamblers II was as much of a sequel to All for the Winner as it was to the original God of Gamblers film, there is another separate film titled God of Gamblers' Return that is billed as the one "true" direct sequel to the God of Gamblers franchise.
- God of Gamblers II (starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung), 1990
- God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, Gong Li), 1991
- The Top Bet (starring Anita Mui, Ng Man Tat, Carol Cheng; cameo by Stephen Chow), 1991
- The Saint of Gamblers (starring Eric Kot, Ng Man Tat, Natalis Chan), 1995
Cast and roles
- Stephen Chow – (左颁星) Sing 'Saint of the Gamblers'
- Sharla Cheung – (绮梦) Yee Mong 'Beautiful Dream'
- Ng Man-tat – (黑仔达) Blackie Tat
- Sandra Ng – Ping
- Paul Chun – (洪光) Mr. Hung 'King of Gamblers'
- Corey Yuen – Fishy Shing
- Jeffrey Lau – (陈松) Chung Chan
- Wan Yeung-ming – Billy
- Sheila Chan – Ying
- Min Chang – Luk
- Cheung Ka-Sang
- Chin Tsi-Ang
- Liu Huang-Hsi
Awards
- Nomination – Best Actor: Stephen Chow
- Nomination – Best Supporting Actor: Ng Man-tat
References
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