Lost Souls (1989)
Original title: 富貴開心鬼
Lost Souls is a 1989 Chinese-language comedy movie directed by David Lai Tai-Wai, with a running time of 1h 28m. It stars Bill Tung Biu, Lydia Shum Tin-Ha and David Wu.
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.
Quick answers
What is Lost Souls about?
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.
When was Lost Souls released?
Lost Souls was released on 9 August 1989.
How long is Lost Souls?
Lost Souls runs 1h 28m.
Who made Lost Souls?
Lost Souls was directed by David Lai Tai-Wai.
Cast
- Bill Tung Biu as Ling Hao-hsi
- Lydia Shum Tin-Ha as Mrs. Ling
- David Wu as Chao Te-chu
- Shirley Lu Hsiu-Ling as Ling Chia-chia
- Sheila Chan Suk-Lan as Ling Ling-ling
- Lowell Lo Koon-Ting as Ma Hui
- Mark Cheng Ho-Nam as Inspector Ho
- Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah as Paul Hsiao
- Wu Ma as Florist
- Amy Yip Chi-Mei as Mimi Yeh
- Seung-Goon Yuk as Helen
- Hung Leung-Sek