Are the actors in the first and second films the same?

Yes, it's all funny stories played by Huang Baiming. Although they are old movies, they are not from the 198s and 199s, when Hong Kong films were the most brilliant and prosperous. Movies with various themes emerged one after another, and a hundred flowers blossomed, which made Hong Kong secure the reputation of "Oriental Hollywood". The Hong Kong-style comedy is one of the most popular and recognized genre films. If we want to talk about the classic comedy series in Hong Kong films in the 198s, the author thinks that Huang Baiming's famous "Happy Ghost Series" definitely occupies an important place!

"Happy Ghost Series" is a Hong Kong-style comedy film series written, directed and performed by Huang Baiming. In fact, only the fifth episode was directed by Huang Baiming, and the first four episodes were mainly directed by Gao Zhisen and Du Qifeng. This film series not only made Huang Baiming famous, but also won the popularity of girls such as Fennie Yuen, Luo Meiwei, Chen Jialing and Li Lizhen. The Happy Ghost Series has been shot five times, and the titles of the films are in the order of shooting time: Happy Ghost, Happy Ghost on Summer Vacation, happy ghost iii, Happy Ghost Saving Happy Ghost and Happy Ghost Being Wrong.

The series' pioneering work, Happy Ghost, was filmed in 1984. It was directed by Gao Zhisen and co-written by Huang Baiming and Ma Weihao, with the starring cast of Huang Baiming, Loretta Lee, Luo Mingzhu, Gao Zhisen and Lin Shanshan. The film tells the story of the Qing Dynasty. After failing to win the first place in the exam for more than ten times, Zhu Xiucai (played by Huang Baiming) angered his father, left his wife and himself. In Hong Kong in the 198s, Hong Kong high school girls Lin Xiaohua (Loretta Lee), Lin Qingqing (Luo Ming Pearl) and Yan Ruyu (Lin Shanshan) accidentally broke into the ancient temple where Zhu Xiucai committed suicide during their holiday trip, and Qing brought the worn-out hemp rope back to the dormitory in a hurry, and Zhu, whose soul was attached to the hemp rope, was also brought into school, making many jokes and helping them. Zhu became good friends with them, and advised them to create the future by their own ability, and Zhu was released from his grievances and reincarnated.

Once released, this movie Happy Ghost caused a sensation. It focused on comedy, but also incorporated fantasy, thriller, campus, youth and other elements. At the same time, a large number of beautiful girls appeared. Therefore, the movie won a double harvest at the box office, and the new art city film industry saw the business opportunity, so it hit the iron while it was hot and filmed five episodes in a row.

In the second year of the great success of Happy Ghost, the filmmakers filmed the second episode of the series, Happy Ghost Summer Vacation, which was still written and directed by Gao Zhisen, with Huang Baiming co-writing and starring.

In the second episode, the protagonist tells the story of Zhu Xiucai reincarnated as Kang Sengui (Huang Baiming), who taught in a girls' middle school because of his previous life's virtue and talent, and cultivated talents with love. In his class, several naughty girls who love to play tricks on people, such as Dai Zhuoyi (Fennie Yuen), Jane Jingmei (Luo Meiwei), Yao Qiong (Chen Jialing) and Bao Zhen (Fu Mingxian), set up a "despicable club" to play tricks on others. Consangui is their favorite joke. Kang met the head teacher of the neighboring boys' school and was greatly attracted by her. Just about to launch an offensive, I found that the teacher was being pursued by a physical education teacher who was better than myself in all aspects. Compared with the indecent appearance, Consangui was unhappy, and what was even more devastating was that he was forced to leave school because he fell into the "trap" set by Dai Zhuoyi and was misunderstood by the principal. Dai Zhuoyi regretted it and began to find ways to make up for it. Go to Kang's home to apologize and ask the school to be reinstated. The girls knew that Kang was in love with the old teacher, so they conspired with the boys to fix them up ... < P > In 1986, the film started shooting the third episode of the series, happy ghost iii, which mainly tells a series of funny stories about the happy ghost and the female ghost played by Maggie Cheung. In the third episode, the director was replaced by Du Qifeng, and besides Huang Baiming, Maggie Cheung, Fennie Yuen, Chen Jialing, Tsui Hark and Cao Chali were also added. Cass is much stronger. This is my favorite episode in this film series.

Four years later, the film started shooting the fourth episode of the series, Happy Ghost Save Happy Ghost, and the director switched back to Gao Zhisen. The biggest highlight of this episode is that besides Huang Baiming's continued partnership with a lot of beautiful girls, Yang Baoling, Loretta Lee, Luo Meiwei and Fennie Yuen, the hero also joined Beyond (Ka Kui Wong, Huang Jiaqiang, Huang Guanzhong and Ye Shirong)! Compared with the previous three episodes, the fourth episode has a slightly stronger thriller atmosphere, but it is just right.

Huang Baiming wrote, directed and performed the final installment of the Happy Ghost Series, Happy Ghost on the Wrong Body. The cast also includes Guo Jinan, Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino, Huang Guangliang and Chen Jing. The fifth episode has the weakest influence in the series, so many viewers are unfamiliar with it. The story mainly tells that Xiaoshi (Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino) has a lovely big dog, Magic, who has lived with Xiaoshi since childhood and has a very good relationship. Xiaoshi is going to visit relatives in the United States, so she can't take Magic with her, so she has to entrust her boyfriend Ajie (Guo Jinan) to take good care of Magic. Ajie seemed very happy, but after Xiaoshi left, he immediately invited a group of pig friends and dog friends to have fun at home, regardless of Magic. The unattended Magic ran out, and in the middle of the night, the lost Magic ran to the temple of the Happy Ghost (Huang Baiming). Seeing that the wind blew down the candle altar and caught fire, the clever Magic ran up and put out the flame. In order to thank him for saving his life, the happy ghost appeared and cast spells to turn Magic into a human being, but the deadline was only 49 days. After becoming a human, Magic can speak human words, but his action habits are still the same as those of dogs, so he is full of jokes. What different experience will Magic have in these 49 days? Xiao Shi has a lovely dog named Magic, who was taken care of by his friend Ajie during his visit to America. Ajie only cared about his own happiness, didn't like Magic, and even ran away from home. After meeting the Happy Buddha, I let him live a life of 49 days, including bitterness and joy, but I couldn't show my identity when I saw the master's poem. At the last moment of its life, it was shot and sacrificed to protect Xiaoshi, and Xiaoshi discovered that it was indeed his beloved Magic.

The author has been thinking that if the Happy Ghost Series is put into today's movie market, it will definitely get a good reputation at the box office, because it is really classic. I can properly integrate fantasy, thriller, campus, youth and so on into a comedy film, and make everything reasonable. I really admire the skills of these Hong Kong filmmakers in those days, and sincerely hope that Hong Kong films can reproduce their brilliance! Always look good ~