In-Laws, Out-Laws

2004 Chinese film

In-Laws, Out-Laws

我的大嚿父母
Directed by| Clifton Ko
Written by| Wang Dandan, Wang Ping, Wu Wenhui and Xu Danhua
Starring| Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, Shawn Yue, Coco Chiang, Danny Su, Guo Chang, Eva Fu, Peng Xinzhi
Cinematography| Huang Baomin, Mai Haiwen
Edited by| Xu Weijie
Music by| Wen Haojie
Distributed by| Guangzhou Yingyang Communication Business Co., Ltd.
City TV

Release dates

| China (Hong Kong)：

* January 8, 2004 (2004-01-08)

China (Mainland)：

* March 20, 2004 (2004-03-20)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Country| China
Language| Cantonese
In-Laws, Out-Laws

Simplified Chinese| 我的大嚿父母
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Wo De Da Huo Fu Mu

In-Laws, Out-Laws （Chinese: 我的大嚿父母）is a Lunar New Year comedy film directed by Clifton Ko, and it is also the first Lunar New Year film in the south. Because the film is adapted from the Cantonese TV series "Kang's Family", the filming and themes are mainly based on Guangdong. In addition, the Chinese name does not allow the use of dialects, so it is only called the film version of "Kang's Family".

## Shooting background

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As early as January 2002, because the TV series "Kang's Family" was broadcast in Guangdong, the highest peak was 41.39 points Audience measurement, Guangdong Radio and Television intended to make the drama into movie in order to give the audience a TV short drama. Feeling. Guangdong TV also commissioned the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics to do market research, and found that only Guangzhou, more than 40% of the people expressed their expectations for the film.[1]，30% of the people will come to watch it with their families after the movie version of "The Foreign Daughter-in-law" is , Guangdong TV, Yingyang Communication Co., Ltd. and City TV reached an agreement on February 28, 2003, to start filming.[2]，Officially signed on April 25 of the same year[1] and released it during the Spring Festival in 2004. At that time, the director of Oriental Film Huang Baiming, who signed the contract on behalf of Oriental Film, said at the signing ceremony, "I believe that with my 20-year experience in making Hong Kong New Year's films and the hot ratings of the TV series "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang", the movie version of 'Foreign Daughter- He laughed and said, "It will be more wonderful to do than TV series." He also said, "Successful in the south is more satisfying than Hong Kong (successful in Hong Kong)."[1]。The producer used this film to break the situation of Feng Xiaogang's New Year's movie monopoly, and occupied a place for the Southern New Year's movie. According to the report of Guangdong TV[1]，The original plan was for Huang Baiming to play the role of "Kangbo" in the film, while Azu's girlfriend was starred by South Koreastar, and even joined by Blackie Ko.[3]

It turned on in Guangzhou on September 13, 2003.[4] The movie's Xiguan House is taken from No.2, Yunxianfang, Huagui Xiheng Street, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong. [5]

## Synopsis

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Kang's ancestral home in Xiguan, Guangzhou is suspected to have found ancient cultural relics, and the Kang family is overjoyed. Mrs. Kang (played by Shen Dianxia) announced that she would divide the found property into four parts. She and her three sons, A Guang (played by Su Zhidan), A Zong (played by Guo Chang) and A Yao (played by Peng Xinzhi), but the part that has not yet been familyed or divorced is temporarily kept by her. Kang Bo (played by Zeng Zhiwei), who took his young son Azu (played by Yu Wenle) to Hong Kong to search for gold in Hong Kong twenty years ago, read the news and also returned to Guangzhou to get a piece of the pie. In order to realize the "dream of making a fortune", a series of funny things happened...

## Cast list

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演員  | 角色  | 介紹

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Eric Tsang | Kang Ershou  | KangboWang Yulian's husband

Kang Qiguang, Kang Qizong's uncle and adoptive father Kang Qiyao and Kang Qizu's father Twenty years ago, he took his young son Azu to Hong Kong to make a living, but returned to Guangzhou because of the discovery of cultural relics in his ancestral home. Later, he became a free tour guide in Hong Kong

Lydia Shum | Wang Yulian  | Aunt KangThe wife of Kang Ershou

The head of the Kang family, with a fierce and strong personality Kang Qiyao and Kang Qizu's mother

Su Zhidan | Kang Qiguang  | A GuangKang and Shou, Wang Yulian's eldest nephew and adopted son

Simple and filial

Ding Ling | Chang Xianglan  | XianglanSichuan people，can't speak standard Cantonese

Dental clinic Nurse，Later, she became Kang Qiguang's girlfriend.

Guo Chang | Kang Qizong  | A ZongKang and Shou, Lian's adopted son and nephew, Su Miaochan's husband

The father of Kang Tianyou A shrewd character

Hu Yanfen | Su Miaochan  | Ah ChanThe wife of Kang Qizong and the mother of Kang Tianyou

Chaozhou people, cantonese with a strong Chaoshan accent A shrewd character

Li Junyi | Kang Tianyou  | TianyouLongevity, the eldest grandson of the lotus

Son of Kang Qizong and Su Miaochan

Peng Xinzhi | Kang Qiyao  | A YaoKang Ershou, the eldest son of Lian, Hu Xingzi's ex-husband

Playboy, working on TV station

Wu Xia | Hu Xingzi  | Su SiCar model

Kang Qiyao's girlfriend pretends to be a dumb girl in order to win the favor of Aunt Kang

Shawn Yue | Kang Qizu  | AzuKang Ji Shou, Wang Yuren's infant child

When he was three years old, he was taken to Hong Kong by his father to make a living. Twenty years later, he returned to Guangzhou with his father

Coco Chiang | Shunzi  | CupidKang Qizu's girlfriend

Chinese and Korean mixed-race Taekwondo Teaching Assistant Be proficient in Korean, Standard Chinese and Cantonese, mainly Mandarin in daily life.

James Wong Jim |  | The father of Shunzi

Shandong people Taekwondo Coach

Wang Jiaming |  | Brother of Shunzi
Clifton Ko | Dr. Guan  | Falsely claiming to be a university professor is actually a mental abnormality
Felix Wong | O John  | Hong Kong singer。Friendly guest appearance
Hins Cheung |  | The hero of the TV series "Dumb Girl".Friendly guest appearance
Monica Lo |  | Friendly guest appearance
Lee Fung |  | Hong Kong free travel tourists

## Box office

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The film was released in Hong Kong in January 2004. It has been released for less than two weeks and grossed 250,000 yuan at the box office.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d 黄百鸣要拍南方首部贺岁片 Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine，Guangdong TV website reported
2. ^ 黄百鸣拍电影版《外来媳妇本地郎》，網易引信息時報報道
3. ^ 广州“家有喜事” 西关故事搬上银幕 高志森执导电影版《外来媳妇本地郎》 Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine，廣東電視台報道
4. ^ "贺岁电影"外来媳妇本地郎"一大家子全亮相(图)". ent.sina.com.cn. 2003-09-12.
5. ^ 曾志伟、沈殿霞16年来首演夫妻 电影《外来媳妇本地郎》在粤酣拍 Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine，廣東電視台網站報道
6. ^ "我的大嚿父母 - 求真百科". factpedia.org.

## External links

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* 《我的大嚿父母》官方网站
* In-Laws, Out-Laws at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
* 外来媳妇本地郎 at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)
* 外来媳妇本地郎 at Douban (in Chinese)
* In-Laws, Out-Laws at IMDb