麻雀王

麻雀王 (2015)

King of Mahjong centres on the decade-long feud and eventual reunion of Wong Tin Ba and Ah Fatt. 20 years later, Wong Tin Ba, who is now a world-acclaimed mahjong champion and magnate, shows up in Ipoh to challenge Fatt to a final showdown – The World Mahjong Championship. Despite Wong’s insistence, Fatt declines to join the competition as he is determined and contented to lead the life of a commoner. In a bid to force Fatt into the showdown, Wong abducts Fatt’s wife, Ramona, and threatens her to be on his alliance. Fatt has no choice but to join the championship as Wong holds his wife hostage. On the mahjong table, Fatt and Wong compete as the finalists; Master Ru’s secret legendary mahjong move and the truth comes to light as the winner emerges...

Date de sortie
2015-02-19
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (3)
Durée
1 h 50 min
Genres
Comédie
Réalisateur
Adrian Teh

Distribution

Anecdotes

King of Mahjong is a 2015 Singaporean-Malaysian Chinese New Year comedy film directed by Adrian Teh and starring Chapman To, Mark Lee, Michelle Ye and Venus Wong. The film was theatrically released in Singapore on 19 February 2015 and in Malaysia on 26 February.

Production

King of Mahjong was filmed in both Singapore and Malaysia, with 80% of the filming on location in Ipoh. Directors chose the location because it provided both old houses and eateries, which were necessary for various scenes. Filming also took place in Kuala Lumpur.

Filming began on Sunday, 2014-08-03 in Malaysia. Filming in Ipoh began at 1 PM daily and continued until around 10 PM each night.

It was the first Singaporean-Malaysian film focused on the game of Mahjong set in the same era it was produced.

Zingshot Productions Pte Ltd fully funded the film. Production cost S$3.5 million (RM$8.96 million)

King of Mahjong is presented with characters speaking multiple languages (Singlish, Mandarin, and Cantonese) rather than dubbing and creating a singular language track.

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