King of Beggars is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Gordon Chan and David Lam, starring Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung and Ng Man Tat. The theme song "長路漫漫伴你闖" was performed by George Lam.
Set during the late Qing Dynasty, the film features a fictionalized biography of So Chan, one of the Ten Tigers of Canton, who is popularly known as "Beggar So".
So Chan is the spoiled son of the wealthy General So in Canton. Though lazy and i...
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King of Beggars is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Gordon Chan and David Lam, starring Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung and Ng Man Tat. The theme song "長路漫漫伴你闖" was performed by George Lam.
Set during the late Qing Dynasty, the film features a fictionalized biography of So Chan, one of the Ten Tigers of Canton, who is popularly known as "Beggar So".
So Chan is the spoiled son of the wealthy General So in Canton. Though lazy and illiterate, So Chan excels at martial arts. While visiting a brothel once, So Chan falls in love with Yu-Shang, a prostitute who dares to behave rudely towards him. He vies for Yu-Shang's services with Chiu, a powerful magician and imperial official. By outbidding the magician, So Chan inadvertently foils Yu Shang's attempt to assassinate Chiu for murdering her father. In order to get rid of So Chan, Yu-Shang agrees to marry him if he can become the most powerful martial artist in China.
To win Yu-Shang's hand, So Chan enters the trials to...
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