Lost Souls

Lost Souls

88 mins | Comedy, Fantasy | Aug. 9, 1989

Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Something wimpy like dying isn't going to stop them from their Canadian dreams, but it turns out migrating in the next life takes money, too. In order to raise funds to head west, the Lings return to the mortal world and get to work making money through various jobs, raising plenty of hilarious havoc and misunderstandings along the way.

Lost Souls

88 mins | Comedy, Fantasy | Aug. 9, 1989

Lost Souls
Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Something wimpy like dying isn't going to stop them from their Canadian dreams, but it turns out migrating in the next life takes money, too. In order to raise funds to head west, the Lings return to the mortal world and get to work making money through various jobs, raising plenty of hilarious havoc and misunderstandings along the way.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Paragon Films Ltd.
Original title 富貴開心鬼
Directors David Lai Dai-Wai, Fruit Chan Goh
Writers Barry Wong

Cast

Bill Tung

as Ling Hao-hsi

Lydia Shum Tin-Ha

as Mrs. Ling

David Wu

as Chao Te-chu

Lu Hsiu Ling

as Ling Chia-chia

Sheila Chan Suk-Lan

as Ling Ling-ling

Lowell Lo

as Ma Hui

Lawrence Ng

as Paul Hsiao

Wu Ma

as Florist

Amy Yip

as Mimi Yeh

Seung-Goon Yuk

as Helen

Tam Sin-Hung

as Buyer of Mrs. Ling's Cheongsam

Jeffrey Ho Wai-Lung

as Coroner

Yue Tau-Wan

as Tai

Paul Che Biu-law

as Robber

Ben Wong Tin-Dok

as Mr. Huang

Mark Cheng

as Inspector Ho