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Rating: 6 stars

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shaw brothers NWI Hong Kong funeral home superstition marriage romantic comedy virgin macau death of parent

All movies seen on 08/13/2021

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Mr. Virgin (1984)

Directed by Anthony Chan

Romance | Comedy

Overview

When a young man ignores a feng shui master’s warning and decides to marry before turning 30, a series of mishaps begins to curse his life.

Length 85 minutes

Actors

Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting | Olivia Cheng Man-Nga | Hu Chin | Keung Chung-Ping | Anglie Leung | Anthony Chan | Pamela Pak | Eric Chan Ga-Kei | Chan Lap-Ban | Cheng Mang-Ha | Manfred Wong | Meg Lam Kin-Ming | Lily Ng Lai-Chu | Sek Wai-Man | Wong Jing | Gigi Wong Suk-Yee | Wong Ying-Kit | Eric Yeung Jan-Yiu | Got Ping | David Lo | Mark Cheng

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Another unusual find on Netflix from Shaw Brothers that is part of the Shaw films expiring soon. Unusual b/c it’s a RomCom and very few if any haven’t gotten decent releases unlike the kung fu and action films. Also wild b/c I didn’t recognize any of the actors involved altho I should’ve picked up on Olivia Cheng since she’s prominent in Sammo Hung’s MILLIONAIRE’S EXPRESS.

Anyways, this is a frustrating movie due to the premise. Here you have a gorgeous young woman (Cheng) who can’t keep a boyfriend b/c she does make-up for dead people at a funeral home in Macau. Finally she meets a guy (the virgin) and gets married. But he eventually learns of her past and wants nothing to do with her. Realizing that this is steeped in Chinese culture I get the joke here but damn is it ever aggravating.

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