Chinese Odyssey 2002

Chinese Odyssey is a 2002 Hong Kong mo lei tau musical film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau and produced by Wong Kar-wai. It stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Faye Wong, Zhao Wei and Chang Chen. It is a parody of the 1959 Huangmei opera film The Kingdom and the Beauty, with virtually the same characters. It was released during the Chinese New Year, following the practice of the Hong Kong movie industry to boost comedy ticket sales during the holiday season.

Chinese Odyssey
DVD cover of Chinese Odyssey 2002
Traditional Chinese天下無雙
Simplified Chinese天下无双
Literal meaningMatchless Under Heaven
Hanyu PinyinTiānxià Wúshuāng
JyutpingTin1 Haa6 Mou4 Soeng1
Directed byJeffrey Lau
Written byJeffrey Lau
Produced by
  • Wong Kar-wai
  • Jacky Pang
  • Charley Zhuo
Starring
CinematographyPeter Ngor
Edited byWong Wing-Ming
Music byFrankie Chan
Distributed byShanghai Film Group Corporation
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
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