House of Mahjong is a 2007 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Marco Mak

Marco Mak

Marco Mak Chi-Sin is a Hong Kong film editor, director, production manager, actor, screenwriter, film producer, music composer and assistant director.-Director:* The Blood Rules * Love Correction * A Gambler's Story...

 and written by Shing Mo Cheng, Chiu-Wang Lam, and Ka-ming Lau. It was released in Hong Kong

Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

 on February 1, 2007.

Plot

Tenants of a run-down old mall play mahjong with the owner for their rent, including Gigi (Rain Li), a sexy new tenant who learns the techniques for playing Taiwanese mahjong in order to fit in. While she loses to the owner Fu Ho, he is impressed with her determination and rents the lot out to her anyways.

However the owner's son (Raymond Wong) hates the tenants and thinks they take advantage of his father. His father, though, likes things just the way they are, especially since Gigi (Rain Li), who looks like his old flame, has opened up shop. His son plans to run them all out and remodel the mall, so he hires a mahjong master (Matt Chow

Matt Chow

Matthew "Matt" Chow Hoi-Kwong is a Hong Kong screenwriter, director, actor and producer. He is best known for his romantic comedy films, and has served as a screenwriter for filmmakers Peter Chan, Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai, and Joe Ma.-Career:...

) to destroy them in a tournament to avenge his father.

Finding four mahjong experts to gamble with the tenants, Gigi, Sam, Beauty, and the other tenants soon lose their money and means of survival. Unwilling to simply give up, the tenants of the mall rally together and hone their mahjong skills in order to keep their place in the mall.

Cast

• Rain Li - Gigi
• Dayo Wong
  Dayo Wong
  Dayo Wong Chi-wah , born 5 September 1960, is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter.Wong gained a degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta in Canada. He began his entertainment career in Hong Kong in 1984, but only became known since 1990 for his stand-up comedy...
  
  
• Tat-Ming Cheung - Fortune Teller Cheung
• Matt Chow
  Matt Chow
  Matthew "Matt" Chow Hoi-Kwong is a Hong Kong screenwriter, director, actor and producer. He is best known for his romantic comedy films, and has served as a screenwriter for filmmakers Peter Chan, Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai, and Joe Ma.-Career:...
  
   - Lo Mong-tak
• Chun Chau Ha - Rich Man Chiu (Fu Ho)
• Emily Kwan
• Elanne Kwong - Ling
• Amanda Lee Wai Man
  Amanda Lee Wai Man
  Amanda Lee Wai Man is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress.-Filmography:* The Haunted School - Miss Fong* House of Mahjong * Cocktail * Ronin Boys - Amanda Fong...
  
  
• Sam Lee - Sam
• Candy Lo
  Candy Lo
  Candy Lo is a Canto-rock singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong. She has released 9 studio albums, over 40 singles, 2 compilations, 1 live album and 1 EP with Sony Music to date. On June 11 she released her first EP on her new label WOW Music....
  
   - Hung
• Chi Wah Wong - Beauty Lam
• Raymond Wong Ho-Yin - Chiu's son (Sun Gui)
• On-on Yu

External links

• House of Mahjong at Cinemasie