Stephen Chiau: a guide for the perplexed

From an article in Cinema Scope magazine (24.6.2002), here are more detailed suggestions for further viewing. Chinese video stores or web-based retailers of Asian VCDs and DVDs will have all of the following. Most store employees might not recognize the films' English titles,so use the approximate pinyin pronunciations or copy or print the Chinese characters below. Each film title (in Englsh) is linked to its entry in the Hong Kong Movie Database.

Two gambling comedies:
All For the Winner	1990	Du sheng
God of Gamblers 2	1990	Du xia
Two costume comedies:
Justice My Foot	1991	Shen si guan
King of Beggars	1993	Wu zhuang yuang: Su Qi Er
Spoofery:
From Beijing With Love	1994	Guo chan ling ling qi
Maturity:
Out of the Dark	1995	Hui hun ye
A Chinese Odyssey I & II	1995	Xi you ji
God of Cookery	1996	Shi Shen
King of Comedy	1999	Xi ju zhi wang

If these whet your appetite, see the complete list of Stephen Chiau films from the Hong Kong Movie Database.

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