The Eighth Happiness

The Eighth Happiness (八星報喜) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring an ensemble cast of Chow Yun-fat, Raymond Wong, Jacky Cheung, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Fung Bo Bo and Fennie Yuen. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time. The film centers around three brothers Fong Kim-long (Chow Yun-fat), Fong Kim-fai (Raymond Wong Pak-ming) and Fong Kim-sang (Jacky Cheung). One day, their telephone line failed, they meet their future wife because of this incident.

Cast

 * Chow Yun-fat as 'Handsome' Fong Kim-long
 * Raymond Wong as Fong Kim-Fai
 * Jacky Cheung as Fong Kim-sang
 * Carol Cheng as DoDo
 * Fennie Yuen as Ying-ying
 * Cherie Chung as Beautiful
 * Michael Chow as Ying-ying's boyfriend
 * Lawrence Cheng as Beautiful's boyfriend
 * Charlie Cho as DoDo's prospective suitor
 * Fung Bo Bo as Ng Fan-fong
 * Teddy Robin as Fan-fong's husband
 * Wong Kwan-yuen as Ming-ming
 * Cheng Mang-ha as Old woman driver
 * Ying Sau Hui as Old man driver
 * Ringo Lam as Audience member (cameo)
 * Karl Maka as Audience member (cameo)
 * John Shum as Audience member (cameo)

Box office
The film grossed HK$37,090,776 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 11 February to 30 March 1988 and was the top-grossing film of 1988 in Hong Kong and the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.