Those Merry Souls

Those Merry Souls

95 mins | Comedy, Action, Horror, Fantasy | May 30, 1985

Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.

Those Merry Souls

95 mins | Comedy, Action, Horror, Fantasy | May 30, 1985

Those Merry Souls
Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.
Producers Bo Ho Film Company Ltd.
Original title 時來運轉
Directors Lau Kar-Wing
Writers Wong Ying, Sze-To Cheuk-Hon

Cast

Yuen Biao

as Chiu Chi-Lung

Eric Tsang

as Ng Kuai-Tak

Stanley Fung

as Uncle Chiu

Richard Ng

as Fernando Ng

Sammo Hung

as Movie director

Moon Lee

as Fung

Lam Ching-Ying

as Tak's father

Elaine Jin

as Waterloo Tai

Lily Li

as Auntie Pearl

Wu Ma

as Ah Ma

Paul Chung Fat

as Messenger of death

Billy Lau

as Doctor

Ng Ha-Ping

as Lily Ting

Lam Leung-Wai

as Lok Man

Yue Ming

as George

Lau Kar-Wing

as Guy practising Kung Fu

Yam Ho

as Janitor

Fruit Chan Goh

as Assistant director