Tang Bohu dian Qiuxiang (Flirting Scholar) (Tang Bohu dian Qiuxiang) poster & wallpaper

Kit Ying Lam, Stephen Chow, Li Gong

A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.

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Directed by: Lik-Chi Lee

Release Date: July 1, 1993

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  • threefolddado
    March 13, 2008
    threefolddado
    I wouldn't call it his best, but much better than some of his later efforts.
  • daneanwar
    February 23, 2009
    daneanwar
    best Stephen Chow's work so far
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • y2j2580
    November 11, 2008
    y2j2580
    Tang Bo Hu was a talent in China's history...He fall in love with the servant girl...he want to win her heart and become a servant boy in the rich family...
    Gong Li was the servant girl, she is very pretty...
  • kyo9
    September 6, 2008
    kyo9
    complete hilarious..
  • wassadudes
    June 16, 2008
    wassadudes
    OMG, I have finally found the perfect Stephen Chow film where Stephen acts the same way he usually does. However, his best is still Journey to the West. The story is very brilliant and highly appealling. Altho it is from a folk lore meaning the writers didnt write the story, thei...( read more)r attention to detail is magificent. The script stays true to Stephen's kind of comedy which is fun, sometimes disturbing, mixed with inside canto jokes. Stephen had so much firepower backing him up, he just couldnt suck and he DIDNT!! Another honoury mention is Gong Li. I have never found her attractive until I saw this movie. This is her Shallow Hal (i found Paltrow attractive only in that film). Gong Li's like the ideal girl and her acting matches it to a tee. Lastly, Alex is also amazing. He is also fortunate enough to play his usual kind of character ... a dooche. However, this time, he holds back from being a complete dooche and it pays off. His character just fits the film perfectly. On a funny note, I finally know why ppl think the name Pa Hu is a bad name. In actuality, the name means great tiger but it sounds like 8 pains/sorrows. How many wives did he have in the beginning? LOL.
  • najjems
    June 15, 2008
    najjems
    Better than the earlier Stephen Chow movie I saw ("When Fortune Smiles"), but the humor is still a bit dated to my liking (slapstick, et al). And never realized that there's also a lot of inuendo in HK films like these (I thought that's just Hollywood XD).

    This movie is pretty ...( read more)much a parody of older Chinese movies and stage plays; the hand gestures, the singing. Humor here is also very cultural, even some of the jokes got lost in translation. But if your funny bone is not that hard to tickle, then this movie can definitely give you good laughs, even if it comes with a WTF expression on your face.

    Ei, I can't forget to mention Gong Li is in this too. :p
  • TheTaskmaster
    June 14, 2008
    TheTaskmaster
    pretty funny, good cast and story. not exceptional but better than it could have been. some of it is lost on English-viewers like me, as a lot of chinese traditional movies are.
  • Jossepi
    January 24, 2008
    Jossepi
    Oh man, this is by far one of the funniest movie I've watched ever. It's just way too funny without that classic sentimental Stephen Chow moment that makes you wanna get serious and even weep.

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