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Director
  
Jeffrey Lau

Writer
  
Jeffrey Lau

Screenplay
  
Jeffrey Lau

Country
  
Hong Kong

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Action, Fantasy, Romance

Music director
  
Danny Chung

Duration
  

Treasure Hunt (1994 film) movie poster
Language
  
Cantonese Mandarin English Japanese

Release date
  
29 January 1994 (1994-01-29)

Cast
  
Chow Yun-Fat
(Chang Ching),
Jacklyn Wu
(Mei),
Michael Wong
(Michael),
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
(Abbot Hung Chi),
Jun Kunimura
(Yakuza Boss),
Chien-Lien Wu
(Mei)

Similar movies
  
Mission: Impossible II
,
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,
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,
Mission: Impossible
,
Spy
,
Blade

Treasure Hunt is a 1994 Hong Kong action comedy and romantic fantasy film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Chow Yun-fat and Jacklyn Wu.

Contents

A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural powers, and is the National Treasure of China.

Plot

Chinese American CIA operative Jeffrey Cheung Ching (Chow Yun-fat) was ordered to escort a Chinese national treasure to the United States. Cheung goes from America to Beijing where he stays at the Shaolin temple. There, he encounters conflicts due to culture barriers and different life habits. However, he become friends with Abbot Hung Chi (Gordon Liu) and a seven-year-old monk Grasshopper (Choi Yue). Cheung is later surprised to find out that the so-called national treasure is a para psychological girl named Siu-ching (Jacklyn Wu). During the process of exposing the evil sinister, Cheung and Ching develop a romance.

Cast

  • Chow Yun-fat as Jeffrey Cheung Ching
  • Jacklyn Wu as Mui Siu-ching
  • Chin Han as Tong Ling / Captain Chiu
  • Gordon Liu as Abbot Hung Chi
  • Michael Wong as Michael
  • Philip Kwok as Kung Ching
  • Roy Chiao as Uncle Bill
  • Choi Yue as Priestling Grasshopper
  • Giorgio Pasotti as Ng Yan
  • Wong Kwan-hong as Wai-tak
  • Jun Kunimura as Yamamoto
  • George Saunders as Joe
  • Alex Sheafe as Mr. Ford
  • Jeffrey Lau as Nakajima
  • Anita Wong as Bills wife
  • Gary Lam as Jeffreys cousin
  • Sylvia Chen as Jeffreys cousin
  • Elizabeth Lai as Chinese teacher
  • Cherl Maxfield as American friend
  • Tamara Session as American friend
  • Rose Tenison as American friend
  • Fu Xin-min
  • Wang Shao-qi
  • Wang Qi-qhang
  • Ju Xin-hua as Spy #A
  • Yu Yan-kai as Spy #B
  • Zhu Yu-kui as Spy #C

    • Box office

    The film grossed HK$37,033,685 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 29 January to 16 March 1994 in Hong Kong.

    Similar Movies

    Chow Yun-Fat appears in Treasure Hunt and Tragic Hero. Chow Yun-Fat appears in Treasure Hunt and Rich and Famous. Chow Yun-Fat appears in Treasure Hunt and Once a Thief. Chow Yun-Fat and Chien-lien Wu appear in Treasure Hunt and God of Gamblers Returns. Long Arm of the Law (1984).

    Award nominations

  • 14th Hong Kong Film Awards
  • Nominated: Best Actor (Chow Yun-fat)
  • Nominated: Best Cinematography (Peter Pau)

    • References

    Treasure Hunt (1994 film) Wikipedia
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    Treasure Hunt (1994 film) IMDb Treasure Hunt (1994 film) themoviedb.org