Flirting Scholar (1993) on Netflix
Tong Pak Fu is a Ming Dynasty scholar whose eight wives gamble and ignore his art. He disguises himself as a servant in the House of Wah to court maid Chow Heung.
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Plot summary
In the Ming Dynasty, Tong Pak Fu is the most famous of four great scholars, unmatched in literary and artistic skill. He is an artist, poet and calligrapher, but his eight wives are gambling addicts with no interest in his work, so he looks for a woman who will appreciate him. His family descends from martial arts masters and has two enemies, the Evil Scholar and a former girlfriend of his father's, and his mother forbids him to use martial arts. He meets Chow Heung, one of the four maids of the House of Wah, when her convoy passes. Believing she is his true love, he takes a boatman's advice and pretends to be a lowly servant, 9527, to be hired by the household.
Cast
- Dickson Ga-Sing Leeas Wah Mo
- Wai Lamas King Ning
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Flirting Scholar (1993)
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- Flirting Scholar took HK$40.17 million at the 1993 Hong Kong box office, beaten only by Jurassic Park; as Derek Elley noted, it was the first time since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) that an American film had been the year's highest earner in Hong Kong.
