Happy Ghost IV

1990 Hong Kong film

Happy Ghost IV
Original Hong Kong poster.

Traditional Chinese	開心鬼救開心鬼
Simplified Chinese	开心鬼救开心鬼

Hanyu Pinyin	Kai xin gui jiu kai xin gui


Directed by	Clifton Ko
Written by	Raymond Wong^[1]
Produced by	Raymond Wong^[1]
Starring	Raymond Wong May Lo Fennie Yuen Charine Chan
Cinematography	Sander Lee^[1]
Edited by	Kam Ma^[1]
Production companies	Pak Ming Films Ltd. Ko Chi Sum Films Co. Ltd.
Distributed by	Newport Entertainment Co. Ltd.
Release date	30 June 1990 (1990-06-30)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$ 11,780,725

Happy Ghost IV (released in the Philippines as Magic to Win 4) (Chinese: 開心鬼救開心鬼) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Clifton Ko. The film stars Raymond Wong and Pauline Yeung.

Cast

Raymond Wong as Hong Sum-kwai
Pauline Yeung as Annie
Beyond as Man, Mo, Ying, and Kit
Woo Fung as Annie's father
Charlie Cho as Chiu
Tommy Wong as Crazy Bill
Lau Shun as Crazy Kwan Yeung
James Wong as judge
Clifton Ko as man in washroom

Release

Box office

Happy Ghost IV grossed a total of HK$11,780,725. The film ran in Hong Kong theatres from 30 June 1990 to 2 August 1990.^[2]

Reception

In his book Horror and Science Fiction Film IV, Donald C Willis described Happy Ghost IV as an "occasionally funny low comedy" with "some okay "invisible ghost" effects".^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Happy ghost IV". Hong Kong Film Archive. Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 July 2013. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Box Office Hong Kong 1990 [Chinese Movies]". movieworld.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ Willis 1997, p. 221.

References

Willis, Donald C. (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3055-8.

External links

Happy Ghost IV at IMDb

The Happy Ghost franchise

Films in the Happy Ghost franchise

Happy Ghost (1984)
Happy Ghost II (1985)
Happy Ghost III (1986)
Happy Ghost IV (1990)
Happy Ghost V (1991)

v t e Clifton Ko filmography
As director	Happy Ghost (1984) Happy Ghost II (1985) Devoted to You (1986) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987) Chicken and Duck Talk (1988) Mr. Coconut (1989) Happy Ghost IV (1990) The Gambling Ghost (1991) The Banquet (1991) All's Well, Ends Well (1992) All's Well, Ends Well Too (1993) It's a Wonderful Life (1994) I Have a Date with Spring (1994) The Mad Phoenix (1997) Winner Takes All (2000)
As writer only	Esprit d'amour (1983) For Your Heart Only (1985) Legacy of Rage (1986)
As producer only	Great Pretenders (1991) Happy Ghost V (1991) Crazy Love (1993) The Bride with White Hair (1993) The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993) Hu-Du-Men (1996)