Conman in Tokyo

2000 Hong Kong film by Ching Siu-tung

Conman in Tokyo

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Traditional Chinese| 中華賭俠
Simplified Chinese| 中华赌侠
Hanyu Pinyin| Zhōng Huá Dǔ Xiá
Jyutping| Zung1 Waa4 Dou2 Hap6
Directed by| Ching Siu-tung
Screenplay by| Law Yiu-fai
Produced by| Wong Jing
Starring| Louis Koo
Nick Cheung
Athena Chu
Christy Chung
Cinematography| Ko Chiu-lam
Edited by| Poon Hung
Music by| Cheung Shung-kei
Cheung Shung-tak

Production
companies

Star East
BoB and Partners Co. Ltd.

Release date

* 31 August 2000 (2000-08-31)

Running time

| 103 minutes
Country| Hong Kong
Languages| Cantonese
Japanese
Box office| HK$7,300,184

Conman in Tokyo is a 2000 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Athena Chu and Christy Chung. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Conmen in Vegas in title only.

## Plot

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Hong Kong's gambling champion Cool (Louis Koo) was once boundlessly glorious, specializing in a card-flying stunt that reputed the gambling world. In Asia, only Japan's Tetsuo (Yasuaki Kurata) is considered a worthy opponent to Cool. Cool is bent on defeating Tetsuo to become Asia's number one. To gain this title, Cool works hard to improve his gambling skills, but was framed by his god-brother Yeung Kwong (Ben Lam), who tricks Cool's girlfriend, Karen (Athena Chu), and marries her. Cool rushes into the wedding hall and falls into Yeung's trap. Karen sees through Yeung's scheme and while protecting Cool, she gets shot and becomes a vegetable as a result. However, since Karen is legally married to Yeung, Cool is unable take her away back to Hong Kong and Cool retires from the gambling world and opens a Chinese restaurant in Japan and everyday, Cool will secretly take a look at the unconscious Karen.

Several years later, an agile triad punk named Jersy (Nick Cheung) appears in Mongkok. Jersy idolizes Cool and always wanted to become the latter's disciple. His wish is never able to come true until one day, after he won a gambling match during a tour in Japan with his girlfriend, Banana (Christy Chung). When in Japan, Jersy happens to walk into Cool's restaurant where gangsters were causing trouble. Cool and Jersy work together to get rid of the gangsters and Jersy discovers Cool's identity and they become friends.

At the same time, Tetsuo is bent on battling Cool to prove that he is Asia's number one. However, Cool, who has no intention of re-entering the gambling world, rejects Tetsuo. Desperate for Tetsuo to battle Cool to execute his scheme, Yeung hires Karen's younger twin sister (Athena Chu) from America to lure Cool, and plans to kill them during their battle. Desperate, Cool breaks his vow and engages in a century battle against Tetsuo.

## Cast

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* Louis Koo as Cool
* Nick Cheung as Jersy
* Athena Chu as Karen/ Karen's twin sister
* Christy Chung as Jersy's girlfriend, Banana
* Ben Lam as Yeung Kwong
* Bryan Leung as Turkey
* Yasuaki Kurata as Tetsuo
* Joe Cheng as Joe from Causeway Bay
* Wong Tin-lam as Fatty
* Zuki Lee as Turkey's girlfriend
* Ray Pang
* Four Tse
* Lee Diy-yue
* Chan Siu-wah as Turkey's thug
* Ho Chung-wai as Tetsuo's thug
* Kam Loi-kwan as Tetsuo's thug
* Lam Kwok-kit as Tetsuo's thug
* So Wai-nam as Tetsuo's thug
* Lee Kim-wing as Turkey's thug
* Chow Mei-shing as Turkey's thug
* Lui Siu-ming as Turkey's thug
* Hon Ping as Thug
* Tsim Siu-ling as Thug
* Keung Hak-shing as Thug
* Choi Hin-cheung as Thug
* Chow Pok-foo as Card dealer
* Ankee Leung
* Prudence Kao
* Ho Chi-moon
* Mak Wai-cheung as Swordsman
* Yu Man-kei

## Reception

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### Critical

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Andrew Saroch of Far East Films rated the film a score of 3 stars out of 5 and commented on the film's comedy as "sometimes amusing" and sometimes "crude" and calls the film "mostly entertaining."[1] LoveHKFilm gave the film a negative review criticizing the last of originality, citing " there isn’t much here that hasn’t been done before."[2] HKFilm.net rated the film with a score of 6.5 out of 10 and criticizes Nick Cheung's performance, the editing, but praises its production values and action sequences.[3]

### Box office

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The film grossed HK$7,300,184 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 31 August to 27 September 2000.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Conman in Tokyo (2000) - Reviews - Far East Films". Fareastfilms.com.
2. ^ "Conman in Tokyo (中華賭俠) (2000) - LoveHKFilm.com". LoveHKFilm.com.
3. ^ "Conman in Tokyo - Hong Kong Film Net". HKFilm.net.

## External links

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* Conman in Tokyo at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
* Conman in Tokyo at Hong Kong Cinemagic
* Conman in Tokyo at IMDb

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* e

Films directed by Ching Siu-tung

* Duel to the Death (1983)
* Witch from Nepal (1986)
* A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
* A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990)
* The Swordsman (1990)
* A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
* A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
* The Raid (1991)
* Swordsman II (1992)
* The East Is Red (1993)
* Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" (1996)
* Conman in Tokyo (2000)
* Naked Weapon (2002)
* Belly of the Beast (2003)
* An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
* The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
* Jade Dynasty (2019)

* v
* t
* e

Films by Wong Jing

Filmography

Films directed|

* Wits of the Brats (1984)
* The Magic Crystal (1986)
* The Romancing Star (1987)
* The Romancing Star II (1988)
* The Crazy Companies (1988)
* How to Pick Girls Up! (1988)
* The Crazy Companies II (1988)
* Casino Raiders (1989)
* Crocodile Hunter (1989)
* God of Gamblers (1989)
* God of Gamblers II (1990)
* God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991)
* Dances with Dragon (1991)
* The Last Blood (1991)
* Tricky Brains (1991)
* Casino Tycoon (1992)
* Casino Tycoon 2 (1992)
* Royal Tramp (1992)
* Royal Tramp II (1992)
* City Hunter (1993)
* Fight Back to School III (1993)
* Future Cops (1993)
* Holy Weapon (1993)
* Last Hero in China (1993)
* Legend of the Liquid Sword (1993)
* Perfect Exchange (1993)
* Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)
* The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
* Hail the Judge (1994)
* Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994)
* God of Gamblers Returns (1994)
* High Risk (1995)
* The Saint of Gamblers (1995)
* God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage (1997)
* We're No Bad Guys (1997)
* A True Mob Story (1998)
* The Conman (1998)
* The Conmen in Vegas (1999)
* The Tricky Master (1999)
* Prince Charming (1999)
* Love Me, Love My Money (2001)
* The Spy Dad (2003)
* Moving Targets (2004)
* Love Is a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
* Kung Fu Mahjong (2005)
* Kung Fu Mahjong 2 (2005)
* My Kung-Fu Sweetheart (2006)
* My Wife Is a Gambling Maestro (2008)
* I Corrupt All Cops (2009)
* On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009)
* To Live and Die in Mongkok (2009)
* Black Ransom (2010)
* Future X-Cops (2010)
* Men Suddenly in Love (2011)
* Treasure Inn (2011)
* Hong Kong Ghost Stories (2011)
* Mr. and Mrs. Gambler (2012)
* Marrying Mr. Perfect (2012)
* The Last Tycoon (2012)
* Princess and the Seven Kung Fu Masters (2013)
* From Vegas to Macau (2014)
* From Vegas to Macau II (2015)
* From Vegas to Macau III (2016)
* Mission Milano (2016)
* Chasing the Dragon (2017)
* Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019)
* Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong (2021)
* New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 (2022)
* New Kung Fu Cult Master 2 (2022)

Films written|

* The Buddhist Fist (1980)
* Dreadnaught (1981)
* Treasure Hunters (1981)
* Legend of a Fighter (1982)
* Shaolin Prince (1983)
* New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984)
* The Seventh Curse (1986)
* Evil Cat (1987)
* The Dragon Family (1988)
* Perfect Match (1989)
* The Romancing Star III (1989)
* The Fortune Code (1990)
* No Risk, No Gain (1990)
* The Banquet (1991)
* Naked Killer (1992)
* Raped by an Angel (1993)
* Flying Dagger (1993)
* My Father Is a Hero (1995)
* Satan Returns (1996)
* Raped by an Angel 2: The Uniform Fan (1998)
* Century of the Dragon (1999)
* The Duel (2000)
* The Wesley's Mysterious File (2001)
* Naked Weapon (2002)
* Slim till Dead (2005)
* Set Up (2005)
* Wo Hu (2006)
* The Lady Iron Chef (2007)
* The Vampire Who Admires Me (2008)
* Naked Soldier (2012)
* Enter the Fat Dragon (2020)

Films produced only|

* 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife (1986)
* Lee Rock (1991)
* Lee Rock II (1991)
* Fight Back to School (1991)
* Millionaire Cop (1993)
* A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)
* Young and Dangerous (1996)
* Forbidden City Cop (1996)
* Sex and Zen II (1996)
* Ebola Syndrome (1996)
* Sex and Zen III (1998)
* Haunted Mansion (1998)
* Your Place or Mine! (1999)
* Fist Power (2000)
* Conman in Tokyo (2000)
* Hong Kong Bronx (2008)
* The Underdog Knight (2008)
* Sakra (2023)

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