''The Romancing Star II'' (Chinese: 精裝追女仔之2) is a 1988 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 written and directed by

Wong Jing Wong Jing ( born 3 May 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, Wong Jing played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema duri ...

and starring

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah (; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maint ...

Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He currently holds ...

Natalis Chan Natalis "Nat" Chan (born 3 December 1950 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong television host, film actor, singer and producer. Besides his duties as a variety show host, he has also been a horse racing commentator and horse trainer. In total, his hor ...

and

Stanley Fung Stanley Fung Shui-fan (born June 1, 1945) is a Hong Kong actor and film director known for playing comedic roles. He was one of the Lucky Stars. Career In 1967, Fung became an actor in Hong Kong films. Fung first appeared in To Rose with L ...

Chow Yun-fat Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in the five Hong Kong action heroic bloodshed films: ''A Better Tomorrow'', ''A Be ...

, the star of the film's precedent ''

The Romancing Star ''The Romancing Star'' (Chinese: 精裝追女仔) is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Eric Tsang, Natalis Chan, Stanley Fung and Maggie Cheung. The film was followed by two sequels '' The Ro ...

'', makes a brief cameo in the opening scene. The film was later followed by ''

The Romancing Star III ''The Romancing Star III'' is a 1989 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Sherman Wong and starring Stanley Fung, Wong Jing, Lawrence Cheng, James Wong, Shing Fui-On, Sam Christopher Chan and guest stars Andy Lau, the star of '' The Roma ...

'' released in the following year.

Plot

Lau Pei collaborates with his friends to film a drama series to impress his crush Po-chu, but the drama series leads to unexpected levels of popularity.

Cast

as Lau Pei *

as Silver / Mocking Face *

as Tony / Traffic Light *

as Ken Lau *

Lo Hoi-pang Lo Hoi-pang (born 21 December 1941) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Lo attended TVB's Training Classes in 1973. Among his classmates are Chow Yun-fat and Ng Man-tat. Lo won the 2012 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for the Best Supporting Actor c ...

as Mr. Chow *

as Simon Hand *

Carina Lau Carina Lau Kar-ling (, born 8 December 1966) is a Hong Kong-Canadian actress and singer. She started her acting career in TVB, before going on to achieve success in films after 2nd year at the college. She was notable in the 1980s for her girl-n ...

as Fong Fong * Elizabeth Lee as Ching Po-chu *Ngan Ning as Ka-yin *Wong Wan-sze as Sister 13 *

as Fred Wong / Big Mouth Fat (cameo) *

Alan Tam Alan Tam Wing-lun MH (; born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He played a major role in developing the Cantopop scene in the 1980s as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements. From 1983 to 1987, Alan Tam ...

as Himself in lift (cameo) *Michael Lai as Mr. Lai *

Cheng Gwan-min Cheng Gwan Min (1917–1994) was a Hong Kong TVB actor. He died in China at the age of 77, reportedly from lung cancer. A native of Baoan county, Guangdong province, Cheng was once a theatre actor and broadcaster. In 1936, he made his debut in '' ...

*Ben Wong *

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 Mr. Tsang *

Yu Mo-lin Yu Miu-Lin (, born 4 July 1937) is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Yu is credited with 145 films. Early life In 4 July 1937, Yu was born as Yu Chi-nga () in Canton. Her late mother Tang Mei-mei (鄧美美) was an actress who was not widely ...

as Lady in phone booth (red dress) *

Manfred Wong Manfred Wong (; Wong Man-Chun; born 5 June 1957, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong radio personality, film producer, screenwriter, film director and actor. He is best known for his involvement as a writer for the ''Young and Dangerous'' film series. ...

as Furniture mover's boss *Lam Fai-wong as Man in toilet (cameo) *Lily Ng as Simon's lover *Mak Wai-cheung as CID at bank *William Ho as Mickey in '' Prison on Fire'' parody (cameo) *Victor Hon as Prisoner in ''Prison on Fire'' parody (cameo) *Thomas Sin as Prisoner in ''Prison on Fire'' parody (cameo) *Tony Tam as Gangster boss at hawker stall *Chun Kwai-po as Gangster at hawker stall *Chang Sing-kwong as Gangster at hawker stall *Leung Hak-shun as Councillor Sze To Ming *Cheung Kwok-wah as Guest at Brother Lung's funeral (cameo) *

Mak Hiu-wai Mak Ho Wai (; 7 January 1946 – 14 April 2022) was a Hong Kong / Singaporean television artiste with TVB and then Mediacorp. Early life and education Mak studied at the National Taiwan Ocean University, receiving a bachelor's degree in elec ...

as Guest at Brother Lung's funeral *Yip Seung-wah as Compere *Mau Kin-tak as Channel 8 TV's staff *Shirley Kwan as Woman at Brother Lung's funeral *Sherman Wong as Chow TV's production staff *Lee Chuen-hau as Chow TV's interviewee *Fan Chin-hung as gangster at hawker stall

Theme songs

*''Flaming Red Lips'' (烈焰紅唇) **Composer:

Anthony Lun Anthony Lun (born 12 April 1957) is a Hong Kong songwriter, arranger, musical director and singer who sings in Standard Cantonese, Cantonese, Standard Mandarin, Mandarin, Japanese and English. Biography Anthony Lun is a graduate of La Salle ...

**Lyricist: Calvin Poon **Singer:

Anita Mui Anita Mui Yim-fong (; 10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout her career, and i ...

*''Sunshine Big Clearance Sale'' (陽光大減價) **Composer:

Michael Leeson Michael Jon Leeson (died July 27, 2016) was an American screenwriter. Filmography *''Love, American Style'' (1972–1973) (TV) *''All in the Family'' (1973) (TV) *''The Partridge Family'' (1973–1974) (TV) *''The Odd Couple'' (1972–1974) ...

, Peter Vale **Lyricist: Lo Wing-keung **Singer: Bennett Pang

Box office

The film grossed HK$17,096,271 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 21 January to 10 February 1988 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

External links

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Plot

Cast

Theme songs

Box office

See also

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