Karmic Mahjong

Infobox Film
name = Karmic Mahjong


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director = Wang Guangli
producer = Cory Vietor
Zhu Lei
writer = Wang Guangli
Huang Jinguang
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starring = Francis Ng
Cherrie Ying
music = John Thompson
cinematography = Lu Yuqing
editing = Adam Kerby
Ching-Song Liao
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released = April 20, 2006
runtime = 98 min
country = flagicon|China China
language = Mandarin
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amg_id = 1:375539
imdb_id = 0821473

"Karmic Mahjong" (zh-stp|s=血战到底|t=血戰到底|p=xùe zhàn dào dǐ) is a 2006 Chinese comedy film directed by Wang Guangli. It stars Francis Ng as a Chengdu mechanic plagued by bad luck and Cherrie Ying as a young woman who appears to share the same affliction. The film also features cameos by the prominent Chinese directors Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke.

The film, a mainland production of the Shanghai Dachong Cultural Information Company and the Zhangzhou Xinchuang Cultural Information Company, nevertheless is director Wang Guangli's homage to the Hong Kong tradition of action-comedies. [cite web|url=http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/150/53/|title= Karmic Mahjong |author=Koehler, Robert|publisher=Variety| date=2006-10-08|accessdate=2007-10-11]

Cast

* Francis Ng - Wu Yu-Chuan, a down-on-his luck mechanic living in Sichuan.
* Cherrie Ying - Jia, a mother who seems to share Wu's bad luck.
* Na Wai - Yin, a mobster and Wu's childhood friend.
* Paul Chun - Qin, Yin's mobster boss.
* Liu Yi Wei - Master Liu as a blind fortune teller.
* Liang Jing - Lai, Wu's wife.
* Jia Zhangke - a mobster.
* Wang Xiaoshuai - a cop.

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External links

*imdb title|id=0821473|title=Karmic Mahjong
*amg title|id=1:375539|title=Karmic Mahjong
* [http://www.dianying.com/en/title/xzd2006 "Karmic Mahjong"] at the Chinese Movie Database