Those Merry Souls
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Those Merry Souls (Chinese: 時來運轉) is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy horror film directed by Lau Kar-wing and starring Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang. The film is also known as From the Great Beyond.
Plot
Cast
- Yuen Biao as Chiu Chi-lung
- Eric Tsang as Ng Kuai-tak
- Lam Ching-ying as Tak's father
- Stanley Fung as Uncle Chiu
- Elaine Jin as Waterloo Tai
- Ng Ha-ping as Lily Ting
- Lily Li as Auntie Pearl
- Richard Ng as Fernando Ng
- Lau Kar-wing as Person practicing Kung Fu
- Chung Fat as Death Messenger
- Yam Ho as Janitor
- Wu Ma as Ma
- Billy Lau as Doctor
- Moon Lee as Fung
- Lam Wai as Movie Patron
- Fung King-man as Alley Gang Member
- Billy Ching as Billy
- Lam Leung-wai as Lok Man
- Yue Ming as George
- Sammo Hung as Movie Director
- Fruit Chan as Assistant Director
- Pan Yun-sheng as Man at Beach
- Chin Ka-lok as Beach Thug
- Chu Tau as Beach Thug
- Mak Wai-cheung as Beach Thug
- Lee Chi-kit
- Pang Yun-cheung as Thug in Public
- Chun Kwai-bo as Thug in Public
Production
It is one of the ghost films directed by Lau Kar-Wing.
Reception
A retrospective review finds that "Those Merry Souls is another typically quirky 80’s Hong Kong movie that falls firmly into the category of “strange but immensely fun”." A similar assessment is made by other reviewers.
External links
- at IMDb