Treasure Hunt (1994 film)

Treasure Hunt

Film poster
Traditional 花旗少林
Simplified 花旗少林
Mandarin Huā Qí Shào Lín
Cantonese Faa1 Kei4 Siu3 Lam4
Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Produced by Linda Kuk
Screenplay by Jeffrey Lau
Starring Chow Yun-fat
Jacklyn Wu
Chin Han
Gordon Liu
Michael Wong
Philip Kwok
Roy Chiao
Music by Danny Chung
Cinematography Peter Pau
Edited by Hai Kit-wai
David Wu
Production
company
Eastern Renaissance Pictures
Distributed by Golden Princess Film Production
Release dates
29 January 1994 (1994-01-29)
Running time
106 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language 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 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

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

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