Loading AI tools
1988 Hong Kong film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch, also known as Last Eunuch in China (Chinese: 中國最後一個太監) is a 1988 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Jacob Cheung in his directorial debut and starring Max Mok in the title role of Liu Lai-shi. The film is based on Ni Kuang's novel about eunuch Sun Yaoting.
Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國最後一個太監 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国最后一个太监 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Directed by | Jacob Cheung | ||||||||||
Screenplay by | Eddie Fong | ||||||||||
Story by |
| ||||||||||
Produced by | Sammo Hung | ||||||||||
Starring | |||||||||||
Cinematography | Tom Lau | ||||||||||
Edited by | Peter Cheung | ||||||||||
Music by |
| ||||||||||
Production companies |
| ||||||||||
Distributed by | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||
Release date |
| ||||||||||
Running time | 90 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
Box office | HK$15,624,171 |
During the chaos of the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Lai-shi (Max Mok) envies the glory of his fellow townsman and eunuch Siu-tak-cheung and asks his parents for purification. Soon, the Qing dynasty collapses, Liu failed to become an imperial eunuch and was sent to Beijing to study opera. Subsequently, he meets his childhood friend Chiu Tai (Irene Wan). Liu intends to lead a normal family life, but unable to do so after his identity of a eunuch was exposed. The opera troupe leader (Sammo Hung) sympathizes Liu's life experiences and tried to arrange him to the palace to be China's last eunuch. In 1924, Xuantong Emperor was expelled from the Forbidden City and Liu also began his wandering career.
The film grossed HK$15,624,171 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 4 March to 31 March 1988 in Hong Kong.
Accolades | |||
---|---|---|---|
Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
8th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Director | Jacob Cheung | Nominated |
Best Actor | Max Mok | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Wu Ma | Nominated | |
24th Golden Horse Awards | Best Actor | Max Mok | Nominated |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.