''Treasure Hunt'' is a 1994 Hong Kong

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film written and directed by

Jeffrey Lau Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai (; born 5 February 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Lau is famous for writing and directing "mo lei tau" comedies. His comedies include ''A Chinese Odyssey'' (with Stephen Chow) and '' ...

and starring

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 ...

and

Jacklyn Wu Jacklyn Wu Chien-lien (born 3 July 1968) is a Taiwanese actress and singer who began her career in Hong Kong. She graduated from Taipei National University of Arts. Career In 1990, Wu's acting career began. For her first acting role, Johnn ...

Plot

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operative Jeffrey Cheung Ching (

) was ordered to escort a

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national treasure to the

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. Cheung goes from America to

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where he stays at the

Shaolin temple Shaolin Monastery (少林寺 ''Shàolínsì''), also known as Shaolin Temple, is a renowned monastic institution recognized as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu. It is located at the foot of Wuru Peak of the So ...

. There, he encounters conflicts due to culture barriers and different life habits. However, he became friends with Abbot Hung Chi (

Gordon Liu Gordon Liu (Lau Kar-fai ); born Sin Kam-hei () August 22, 1951) is a Chinese martial arts film actor and martial artist. He played the lead role of San Te in ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'' (1978) and its sequels, and later played two roles in Qu ...

) and a seven-year-old monk Grasshopper (Choi Yue). Cheung is later surprised to find out that the so-called national treasure is a para psychological girl named Siu-ching (

). During the process of exposing the evil sinister, Cheung and Ching develop a romance.

Cast

as Jeffrey Cheung Ching *

as Mui Siu-ching * Chin Han as Tong Ling / Captain Chiu *

as Abbot Hung Chi * Michael Wong as Michael *

Philip Kwok Philip Kwok (; also known as Kuo Chui, Kwok Chui, Kwok Chun-Fung; born 21 October 1951) is a Hong Kong-based Taiwanese actor, martial artist, and stuntman. He rose to fame as a member of the Venom Mob, an ensemble of highly-talented martial ...

as Kung Ching *

Roy Chiao Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 15 April 1999) was a Hong Kong actor, most notable in the United States for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''. Biography Chiao was born in Shanghai in 1927. ...

as Uncle Bill *Choi Yue as Priestling Grasshopper *

Giorgio Pasotti Giorgio Pasotti (born 22 June 1973) is an Italian actor and former martial arts athlete. Life and career Born in Bergamo, Pasotti started performing martial arts at a very young age, practicing karate and kobudo and became European and World ...

as Ng Yan *Wong Kwan-hong as Wai-tak *

Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, Hollywood and Hong Kong. He won Best Supporting Actor and the Popular Star Award at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards for his performance in the South Korean horror film '' The Wailing'', directed ...

as Yamamoto *George Saunders as Joe *Alex Sheafe as Mr. Ford *

as Nakajima *Anita Wong as Bill's wife *Gary Young Lim aka Gary Lam Jan Hong as Jeffrey's cousin *Sylvia Chen as Jeffrey's cousin *Elizabeth Lai as Chinese teacher *Cherl Maxfield as American friend *Tamara Session as American friend *Rose Tenison as American friend *Fu Xin-min *Wang Shao-qi *Wang Qi-qhang *Ju Xin-hua as Spy #A *Yu Yan-kai as Spy #B *Zhu Yu-kui as Spy #C

Box office

The film grossed HK$37,033,685 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 29 January to 16 March 1994 in

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Award nominations

14th Hong Kong Film Awards The 14th Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1994 and took place on 23 April 1995 at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by John Sham and Meg Lam, during the ceremony awards are pr ...

**Nominated: Best Actor (

) **Nominated: Best Cinematography (

Peter Pau Peter Pau Tak-Hei (, born 1952) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director, best known to western audiences as for his work on ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2000. One of Ho ...

)

External links

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Cast

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