Page China Times Sourced from data company Nielsen Mediathe movie Ba Ho Street, Thu Huong Point starring Chow Chow and Gong Li in 2009, it was rebroadcast up to 800 times, breaking all movie screening records in Taiwan (China).
Not only that, in the 4 years from 2014 to 2017, the movie was also re-aired 234 times in Taiwan. According to 163, Ba Ho Street, Thu Huong Point is Chow's most rebroadcast masterpiece not only in Taiwan but also in Hong Kong and mainland China. Audiences of the 8X-9X generation all know the classic lines in the movie.
Ba Ho Street, Thu Huong Point Released in 1993, it immediately won number one at the Hong Kong box office. The work is highly appreciated for its humorous content, dialogue with many literary sentences, and sharp wordplay. This is a work that marks the return of martial arts queen Trinh Phoi Phoi after many years off from filming. Not only that, the work also had the participation of a famous Chinese movie star at that time, Gong Li. However, this is the last film Gong Li and Chow Sing Chi collaborated on.
According to 163at first Chau Tinh Tri wanted to choose Vuong To Hien to play the female lead Thu Huong because she had just become famous for her role as Nhiep Tieu Thien in Tu Khac's Thien Nu's Soul. However, Vuong To Hien's salary is too high and he is busy so he cannot participate. After that, Hong Kong's comedy king wanted to invite Truong Man to collaborate again, but she could not arrange the schedule.
The producer introduced Gong Li, who worked with Chau Tinh Tri in Than Bai 2. However, Gong Li refused to play bad scenes. In Chau Tinh Tri's films, he is the person with the loudest voice. The actor often asks beauties to wear bad makeup and strange shapes to serve the movie script, but Gong Li, who just won the Golden Lion Award in Venice, does not want to ruin his luxurious image for a comedy, so he does not. accept.
Even the scene where the character Thu Huong was beaten was played by another actress. An actor with such an image is not suitable for Chau Tinh Tri's way of working. Later, Gong Li expressed regret because when she was young, she did not think carefully and devote herself to her role. “If I could do it again, I would devote myself to the film,” Gong Li said.
Ba Ho Street, Thu Huong Point is a very successful work by Chau Tinh Tri. The film gave rise to characters and dialogues that became classics such as Ly Kien Nhan's role as Nhu Hoa pretending to be a man, Tran Bach Tuong's role as Chuc Chi Son who loves girls, and Trinh Phoi Phoi's wife Hoa. Even the daughters will later be called “Tieu Cuong” like in the movie…
Chau Tinh Tri is known as the King of Hong Kong Comedy. The actor has a unique sense of humor, creating a new style called “no-start” with seemingly unrelated small stories that have no beginning or end. but it made the audience laugh. Chow has held the top spot at the box office many times every year when a movie premieres in Hong Kong. His name is not only famous in Asia but also loved around the world.
Producer Vuong Tinh commented: “Every year there is a film emperor, but every hundred years there is only one Chow Chow.” All veteran Chinese artists call Tinh Gia a legend and acting genius.