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Shogun
and Little Kitchen |
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Year: |
1992 |
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Director: |
Ronny
Yu Yan-Tai |
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Writer: |
James
Yuen Sai-Sang, Raymond To
Kwok-Wai |
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Action: |
Yuen
Cheung-Yan |
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Cast: |
Yuen Biao, Leon
Lai Ming, Ng Man-Tat,
Maggie Siu Mei-Kei, Monica
Chan Fat-Yung, Jimmy Wang Yu,
Leung Ka-Yan, Lui
Fong, Josephine
Koo Mei-Wah,
Lam Lap-Sam |
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The
Skinny: |
Sometimes
entertaining and interesting comedy featuring some great cooking
sequences from the terminally underappreciated Yuen Biao. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Ronny Yu (The Bride with White
Hair) directed this warm and fuzzy family comedy about poor
restaurateur Ng Man-Tat, runaway Leon Lai, and Tat's uncle, the
high-flying Yuen Biao. Tat's restaurant is in trouble, but luckily
Yuen Biao's acrobatic cooking style saves the day. Crowds arrive
to gawk as Yuen flips, jumps and cooks up a storm - and the food
is good, too. The bucks roll in, pleasing Tat, but soon local sponsorship
arrives to try and sign Yuen to a tour. Even worse, local triads
are breathing down Tat's neck, and runaway rich kid Leon Lai starts
an uninteresting romance with Maggie Siu. Standard formula and annoyingly
cute subplots drag the film down, but Yuen Biao's athletic stuntwork
makes the movie a fun, if not crucial viewing experience. The film
doesn't challenge you in any way, but it's really not meant to.
Undemanding fun. (Kozo 1996) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles |
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of Mei Ah Entertainment
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