---
title: 'The Eighth Happiness (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Johnnie To'
released: '1988-02-11'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eighth-happiness-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094695/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Eighth Happiness (1988)

1988 · 91 min · Comedy · Hong Kong

Original title: 八星報喜

## Synopsis

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, Fong Kim-fai and Fong Kim-sang. One day, their telephone line failed, they meet their future wife because of this incident.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Wong Pak Ming](https://cinepixo.com/people/wong-pak-ming), [Philip Cheng Chung-Tai](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-cheng-chung-tai), [Man Fai Ng](https://cinepixo.com/people/man-fai-ng)
- **Producer:** [Wong Pak Ming](https://cinepixo.com/people/wong-pak-ming)
- **Director:** [Johnnie To](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnnie-to)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tony Lo Dung-Lei](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-lo-dung-lei)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joe Chan Kwong-Hung](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-chan-kwong-hung)
- **Editor:** [David Wu](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-wu)

## Cast

- [Fennie Yuen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fennie-yuen)
- [Chow Yun-fat](https://cinepixo.com/people/chow-yun-fat)
- [Cherie Chung](https://cinepixo.com/people/cherie-chung)
- [Petrina Fung](https://cinepixo.com/people/petrina-fung)
- [Carol Cheng](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-cheng)
- [Jacky Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacky-cheung)
- [Wong Pak Ming](https://cinepixo.com/people/wong-pak-ming)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eighth-happiness-1988
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