''Summer Holiday'' (夏日的麼麼茶) is a 2000 Hong Kong
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film directed by
Jingle Ma
Jingle Ma Cho Shing (; born 1957) is a Hong Kong-based writer and director, best known for his action films such as ''Tokyo Raiders'' and ''Seoul Raiders''.
Filmography
References
External links
*Jingle MaaLoveHKFilm.comHK cinemagic entry and starring
Richie Jen
Richie Jen Hsien-chi (, born 23 June 1966) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. His hits include "Too Softhearted" (), "Look Over Here, Girl" (), "The Sad Pacific" () ...
and
Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng Sau-man (; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is considered one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over million copies throughout Asia. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dub ...
.
The film earned HK$21,336,647 at the Hong Kong box office, becoming the second highest-grossing local film after ''
Needing You...'' in Hong Kong of 2000. It was nominated in four categories at the
20th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best cinematography for
Chan Kwok-Hung, Best Art Direction for Silver Cheung, Best Original film Score for
Peter Kam
Peter Kam Pui-Tat (, born August 23, 1961) is a music composer for Hong Kong films including ''The Warlords'', ''Bodyguards and Assassins'' and ''Dragon''.
Kam is an eight-time winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Partial filmography
* ''Big B ...
and Best Original Film Song for Jen,
Ah Niu
Tan Kheng Seong (Simplified Chinese: 陈庆祥; Traditional Chinese: 陳慶祥; ), better known by his stage namAh Niu or Ah Gu(), is a Malaysian Chinese singer in Malaysia and Singapore.
In 1997, his popularity was restricted to mainly Mal ...
and
Michael Wong.
Cast
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Richie Jen
Richie Jen Hsien-chi (, born 23 June 1966) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. His hits include "Too Softhearted" (), "Look Over Here, Girl" (), "The Sad Pacific" () ...
as Momocha
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Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng Sau-man (; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is considered one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over million copies throughout Asia. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dub ...
as Summer Koo
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Vincent Kok
Vincent Kok Tak-chiu (; born 15 August 1965) is a Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director.
Vincent's ancestral hometown is Shandong province.
Kok is best known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen Chow, acting and co-writing wi ...
as Summer's boss
*Echo Chen as YoYo
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Ah Niu (Tan Kheng Seong) as Hercules
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Michael Wong as Zeneger
*
Tay Ping Hui
Tay Ping Hui (born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean actor and director. In 2014, Tay made his directorial debut with the basketball film ''Meeting the Giant''.
Early life
Tay attended Catholic High School (Primary and Secondary) and Catholi ...
as George
*Katherine Wang as Yau
*Tam Fung-ling as Daisy
*Chow Siu-yin as Secretary
*Chan Pui-hing as Groom
*Cheung Wai-kuen as Pastor
*Chan Yi-yi as May
*Mak Kwai-yuen as Roger
*Wong Chi-hong as Mr. Chan
*Yu Chung-yik as Tarzan
*Yeung Ying-choi as Snake
*Yip Cho-yau as Elephant
*Ankee Leung as Tarzan's worker
*Yamada Rena as Takagi
*Seung Yik-san as Tommy
*Wyman Yeung as Fake George
*Siu Yee-ting as Tarzan's girlfriend
*Jeffrey Wong as Policeman #1
*Wan Kin-fai as Policeman #2
*Tam Wai-ching as Receptionist
*Chan Wing-chi as Polaris Investment's boss
*Charlie Hau as Polaris Investment's executive
*Ng Suk-sam as Summer's lawyer
Filming locations
The movie was shot primarily in
Redang island
Redang Island ( ms, Pulau Redang / 中文：热浪岛) is an island in Kuala Nerus District, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is one of the largest islands off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia and as well as one of the most beautiful islands in the ...
off the coast of the state of
Terengganu
Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith"). ...
,
Malaysia
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2000 films
2000 romantic comedy films
Hong Kong romantic comedy films
2000s Cantonese-language films
Films directed by Jingle Ma
Golden Harvest films
Films set in Malaysia
Films shot in Malaysia
Films set on beaches
Films set on islands
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