Treasure Hunt (1994 film)

Treasure Hunt
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	花旗少林
Simplified Chinese	花旗少林
Hanyu Pinyin	Huā Qí Shào Lín
Jyutping	Faa1 Kei4 Siu3 Lam4
Directed by	Jeffrey Lau
Screenplay by	Jeffrey Lau
Produced by	Linda Kuk
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Jacklyn Wu Chin Han Gordon Liu Michael Wong Philip Kwok Roy Chiao
Cinematography	Peter Pau
Edited by	Hai Kit-wai David Wu
Music by	Danny Chung
Production company	Eastern Renaissance Pictures
Distributed by	Golden Princess Film Production
Release date	29 January 1994 (1994-01-29)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Mandarin English Japanese
Box office	HK$37,033,685

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.

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 became 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 Bill's wife
• Gary Young Lim aka Gary Lam Jan Hong as Jeffrey's cousin
• Sylvia Chen as Jeffrey's 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.

Award nominations

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

See also

• Chow Yun-fat filmography

External links

• Treasure Hunt at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Treasure Hunt at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• Treasure Hunt at IMDb
• Treasure Hunt at Rotten Tomatoes
• Treasure Hunt film review at LoveHKFilm.com