''Happy Ghost III'' () is a 1986 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To. Produced and written by Raymond Wong, the film stars Wong and Maggie Cheung. This is the third installment in the "Happy Ghost" series, the film is far more frenetically paced than the first two and its much more a film for adults. The film is about a spirit of the late female singer Tsui Pan Han ( Maggie Cheung) waits in the afterlife for a chance to be reincarnated. She meets the Godfather (

Tsui Hark Tsui Hark (, vi, Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as '' Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' (1983), the ...

) who has found an appropriate musical family for her to be reincarnated with. Her opportunity to be born into the new family is ruined when Sam Kwai ( Raymond Wong) takes the pregnant wife to the wrong hospital. Pan Han is given one month to find a new body to assume her reincarnation in, and decides in the meantime to harass Sam Kwai. Kwai eventually summons the Happy Ghost to help him out.

Cast

Raymond Wong Pak-ming Raymond Wong Pak-ming (Chinese: 黃百鳴, born 8 April 1946; sometimes transliterated as Raymond Wong Bak-ming) is a Hong Kong film producer, playwright, director and actor. He is one of the most successful producers in Hong Kong cinema, ...

as Steward Pik (朱錦春) - The happy ghost, lost his powers after Pan-Han cut his braid *

as Hong Sam-Kwai (康森貴) - In love with Pan-Han, got send to a insane asylum * Maggie Cheung as Tsui Pan-Han (徐半香) - Has the power to stop time, in love with Sam-Kwai, got reincarnated in the end * Fennie Yuen as Thai Cheuk-Yee (戴卓儀) - High school student and prefect, got possessed by Pan-Han many times * Charine Chan as Yiu-King (姚婛) - High school student, has a crush on Alan *Danny Poon as Alan Cheung Chee-Kit (張子傑) - Transferred high school student, has a crush on Cheuk-Yee, involved with gangsters * Joh Yin-Ling as Mona (夢娜) - Sam-Kwai's ex-girlfriend *

Charlie Cho Charlie Cho Cha-lee (曹查理), a male actor in Hong Kong pornography films, especially during the 1980s. His over-acting approach can be regarded as one of the trademarks of Hong Kong soft porn films. He also worked in mainstream films, such as ...

as Rock Hudson (洛克遜) - Mona's cousin *

Joseph Koo Joseph Koo Kar-Fai, MBE, GBS (born 3 February 1933), is a Hong Kong composer, who is considered one of the most respected composers in Hong Kong. He used the pen name Moran (莫然) for Mandarin songs early in his career. Early life Koo h ...

as Ka-Yan Koo (顧家仁) - Musician, Sandy's husband * Leung San as Sandy (桑迪) - Ka-Yan's wife, Pan-Han's future mother * Man-No Chan as Headmistress - Has a crush on Sam-Kwai, fired Sam-Kwai in the end * Ching Wong as Boss - Alan's gangster boss * Bing-Chuen Cheung as Boss's thug * David Wu as Boss's thug *

as Reincarnation Director *Cheng Siu-Ping as Nurse *Anna Ng Yuen-Yee as Nurse *Sze Kai-Keung as Motorcycle Policeman * Yue Chi Ming as Doctor *Tony Chow Kwok-Chung as Radio DJ (Voice)

Production

''Happy Ghost III'' was the first film director Johnnie To had worked for Cinema City and his first film since ''The Enigmatic Case'' (1980). To had previously been working in television after the box office failure of ''The Enigmatic Case''. To found the film easy to approach as he did not have to write the script and was told he was not allowed to change it by Cinema City's rules.

appears in the film as the Godfather and also provides the film with the special effects.

Release

''Happy Ghost III'' was a hit for Cinema City and grossed a total of HK$15,339,277 and was the 11th-highest-grossing film of the year in Hong Kong.Morton, 2009. pg. 148 The film grossed less than its two prequels ''Happy Ghost'' and ''Happy Ghost II'', which earned a total of HK$17.4 and HK$16.6 respectively.O'Brien, 2003. pg. 42 The film was followed by ''

Happy Ghost 4 ''Happy Ghost IV'' (released in the Philippines as ''Magic to Win 4'') (Chinese: 開心鬼救開心鬼) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Clifton Ko. The film stars Raymond Wong and Pauline Yeung. Cast * Raymond Wong as Hong Sum-kwai ...

'', which was directed by

Clifton Ko Clifton Ko (; born 6 August, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter. Background Clifton Ko graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director C ...

. In the Malaysia, the film was launched on TV3 called as

Cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

programme slot aired on Friday, 2 December 2022 at 10pm until 11:59pm MST in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...

dubbed and Malay subtitle.

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