Cat Vs. Rat
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese御貓三戲錦毛鼠
Simplified Chinese御猫三戏锦毛鼠
Directed byLau Kar-leung
Written byI Kuang
Produced byMona Fong
StarringAlexander Fu Sheng
Adam Cheng
Kara Hui
Hsiao Ho
Gordon Liu
Lydia Shum
Lau Kar-wing
Release date
September 30, 1982
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Cat Vs. Rat is a 1982 Shaw Brothers martial arts-comedy film directed by Lau Kar Leung, starring Alexander Fu, Adam Cheng, Kara Hui, and Hsiao Ho. The plot is loosely based on the 19th century wuxia classic novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants.

Plot

Baak Juktong and Zin Ciu were martial arts students of the same sifu, Si Daatfu. They quarreled and fought incessantly over who had the most powerful kungfu. Baak saved the emperor, traveling in the region in plain clothes, but did not believe his identity when the emperor offered him officialdom. Later, Zin also saved the emperor, who appointed him imperial sword-bearing guard with the title "Royal Cat". Jealous and infuriated, especially because his nickname was "Brocade-Coated Rat" (rats were known as cat food), Baak and his four sworn brothers — Zoeng Ping the "River-Overturning Rat", Ceoi Hing the "Mountain-Boring Rat", Hon Zoeng the "Earth-Piercing Rat" and Lou Fong the "Sky-Penetrating Rat" — plotted to steal the imperial jade seal from the emperor to embarrass Zin.[1][2][3]

Cast

Note: The characters' names are in Cantonese (Jyutping) romanisation. Mandarin (Pinyin) romanisation is included in parentheses when helpful.

References

  1. ↑ "Cat vs. Rat (1982)". allmovie.com. 1982. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Reifschneider, Matt (16 February 2017). "Cat vs. Rat (1982)". bloodbrothersfilms.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Heffner, Ariana (1982). "Cat vs. Rat (御貓三戲錦毛鼠) (1982)". asiasociety.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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