Paper Marriage

For the marriage of convenience, see Sham marriage.

Paper Marriage (Chinese: 過埠新娘; Jyutping: Gwo3 Fau6 San1 Neong2) is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy film directed and co-written by Alfred Cheung, and starring Sammo Hung and Maggie Cheung. It was released by Golden Harvest on 14 April 1988.

Paper Marriage
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	過埠新娘
Simplified Chinese	过埠新娘
Hanyu Pinyin	Guò Bù Xīn Niáng
Jyutping	Gwo3 Fau6 San1 Neong2
Directed by	Alfred Cheung
Written by	Alfred Cheung Keith Wong
Produced by	Choi Wing-cheong
Starring	Sammo Hung Maggie Cheung
Cinematography	Jimmy Leung
Edited by	Peter Cheung
Music by	Joseph Koo Sherman Chow
Production companies	Golden Harvest Bo Ho Films
Release date	14 April 1988 (1988-04-14)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese English
Box office	HK$13,405,571

Plot

In the United States, a down-on-his-luck Chinese boxer named Bo Chin accepts promise of payment to marry a Hong Kong woman named Jade Lee so she can get American citizenship. They realize too late that they have been set up in a complicated plan to cheat them out of the woman's money. Their adventures begin when Bo is forced back into the boxing ring and Jade tries her hand at mud wrestling.

Cast

• Sammo Hung as Bo Chin
• Maggie Cheung as Jade Lee
• Alfred Cheung as Peter
• Dick Wei as "White Suit"
• Joyce Godenzi as Bo's ex-wife
• Billy Chow as "Big Bear"
• Hsiao Hou, Chin Ka-lok, and Tony Morelli as White Suit's thugs
• Philip Ko as Crazy Eyes
• Frank Pang Lee as Uncle Tsai
• Meg Lam as Immigration Control Officer
• Rainbow Ching as Immigration Officer Chin
• Lee Chi-kit as Debt Collector
• Rocky Li

Production

Although Paper Marriage is set in Los Angeles, California, the film was shot in Edmonton, Alberta. The opening sequence was shot at Northlands Park, while the final action sequence being shot at the West Edmonton Mall.^[1]

Yuen Wah and Lam Ching-ying were the film's action directors.