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Lucky Stars

Lucky Stars Series
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Traditional 福星系列
Simplified 福星系列
Mandarin Fú Xīng Xì Liè
Cantonese Fuk1 Sing1 Hai6 Lit6
Directed by Sammo Hung
Eric Tsang
Stanley Fung
Corey Yuen
Chang Chi Wai
Ricky Lau
Frankie Chan
Produced by Sammo Hung
Raymond Chow
Leonard Ho
Eric Tsang
Wallace Cheung
Teddy Yip
Written by Sammo Hung
Barry Wong
Szeto Cheuk Hon
Lo Kin
Anthony Chan
Lee Chi Wai
Lee Ping Kwong
Ivy Lee
Starring Sammo Hung
Jackie Chan
Eric Tsang
Stanley Fung
Richard Ng
Charlie Chin
John Shum
Michael Miu
Yuen Biao
Cherie Chung
Sibelle Hu
Cho Tat Wah
Andy Lau
Alan Tam
Kent Cheng
Anthony Chan
James Tien
Karl Maka
Françoise Yip
Mars
Dick Wei
Music by Frankie Chan
Chris Babida
Michael Lai
Tang Siu Lam
Anders Nelsson
Violet Lam
Sherman Chow
Roel A. Garcia
Cinematography Ricky Lau
Artur Wong
Peter Ngor
Johnny Koo
Lam Lai Hing
Cheung Shing Tung
David Choi
Jimmy Leung
Chan Yuen Kai
Sung Kong
Ng Wai Kit
Venus Keung
Fletcher Poon
Edited by Peter Cheung
Keung Chuen Tak
Robert Choi
Hai Kit Wai
Jelly Mak
Production
company
Distributed by Golden Harvest
Newport Entertainment Ltd.
Movie Impact Ltd.
Release date
1983-1996
Running time
692 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK $121,890,054

Lucky Stars (or Five Lucky Stars; (Chinese: 福星系列、五福星) was a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s, blending Chinese martial arts with bawdy comedy. The films featured an ensemble cast, with many of the actors appearing in successive films.

The characters of the Five Lucky Stars were originally petty criminals recently out of prison, who started their own cleaning company. By the second film, the cleaning company idea was discarded, and the bumbling gang were instead employed to assist the police.

The first three films were the most successful, directed by and starring Sammo Hung as one of the gang of Lucky Stars, and featuring supporting roles and cameos from a variety of Hong Kong film stars, notably his Peking Opera School "brothers", Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao, as well as stars such as Andy Lau, Michelle Yeoh and Rosamund Kwan.

The first film was Winners and Sinners (1983). The Chinese title, Five Lucky Stars, was chosen because it was evocative of the Seven Little Fortunes (a.k.a. "The Lucky Seven"), the performance troupe at the Peking Opera School "The China Drama Academy".


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