Kung Fu Mahjong

Infobox Film
name = Kung Fu Mahjong


caption = Promotional Movie Poster for Kung Fu Mahjong
director = Billy Chung
Wong Jing
producer = Wong Jing
writer = Wong Jing
starring = Yuen Wah
Yuen Qiu
Roger Kwok
Theresa Fu
Wong Jing
Wong Yat Tung
Jade Leung
Tin Kai Man
Lam Chi Chung
music = Marco Wan
cinematography = Edmond Fung
editing = Matthew Hui
distributor = flagicon|Hong Kong China Star Entertainment Group
released = June 2, 2005
runtime = 137 min
country = flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong
language = Cantonese
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by = "Kung Fu Mahjong 2"
amg_id = 1:336184
imdb_id = 0468771

"Kung Fu Mahjong" (zh-t|t=雀聖) is a 2005 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wong Jing and Billy Chung. It is about an obsessive gambler Chi Mo Sai (Yuen Wah) and Auntie Fei (Yuen Qiu). It falls into the Hong Kong cinema genre of Mahjong films. The film was followed by two sequels, "Kung Fu Mahjong 2" which was released the same year as the first film, and "", which was released in 2007.

Plot

Chi Mo Sai (Yuen Wah) meets Wong (Roger Kwok) in Auntie Fei's (Yuen Qiu) cafe and learns that Wong has a photographic memory. He decides to exploit this skill by teaching Wong gambling, but Fei, Wong's boss, strongly objects to it. Despite Fei's objections, Wong learns Mahjong from compulsive gambler Chi Mo Sai. He impresses triad boss Tin Kau Ko (Wong Jing). Wong falls in love with Tin's mistress (Theresa Fu) and is beaten by Tin's men. Wong then becomes crazy. Luckily, Fei cured him using Mahjong. Fei wanted Wong to beat Tin in the "King of Mahjong" competition and be the King of Mahjong. The film ends with a climactic "King of Mahjong" Competition. It is the only film made in 2005 to boast of having a sequel made in 2005.Fact|date=February 2007

Characters

Auntie Fei

Owner of Fei's cafe. Previously the Queen of Mahjong. Retired because someone stabbed her fiancee.

Chi Mo Sai

An obsessive gambler. Gambling was his job. Kicked out during the mahjong competition due to scolding others.

Wong

Wong is a young man with photographic memory. He works in Fei's cafe. Chi Mo Sai taught him mahjong. He was the champion of the 2005 "King of Mahjong" Competition.

Tin Kau Ko

A cheat and triad boss. Knows the skill of fat mantis style. Draws six tiles instead of one during a mahjong game.

Reception

Box office

"Kung Fu Mahjong" opened on June 2, 2005 in Hong Kong at the top of the box office, grossing US $337,363 (HK $2,625,258) in its first week.