Happy Ghost III

Happy Ghost III (1986)

開心鬼撞鬼

A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musical family. Her spirit must get to the hospital where her future mother is currently ready to give birth to her, so that she can enter the womb and be born. Unfortunately, she misses her appointed birth time, twice, due to the accidental intervention of a young man, Mr. Hong. At first she is angry and makes life hard for him, but eventually they fall in love, although she can't stay around long as she has one last chance to be born.

Date of release
1986-07-03
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Director
Johnnie To
Collection
Happy Ghost Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Happy Ghost III is a 1986 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To. Produced and written by Raymond Wong, the film stars Wong and Maggie Cheung. This is the third installment in the "Happy Ghost" series, the film is far more frenetically paced than the first two and its much more a film for adults.

Production

Happy Ghost III was the first film director Johnnie To had worked for Cinema City and his first film since The Enigmatic Case (1980). To had previously been working in television after the box office failure of The Enigmatic Case. To found the film easy to approach as he did not have to write the script and was told he was not allowed to change it by Cinema City's rules.

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