Mismatched Couples
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| Directed by | Yuen Woo-ping |
| Produced by | Brandy Yuen |
| Screenplay by | Peace Group Cheng Man Wa Chui Ching-hong |
| Story by | Peace Group |
| Starring | Donnie Yen Yuen Woo-ping Wong Wan-si May Lo Anna Kamiyama |
| Music by | Norman Wong Chyna Donald Ashley |
| Cinematography | Yu Chik-lim |
| Edited by | Mui Tung-lit Norman Wong Yip Wai-keung |
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Production
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Cinema City & Films Co.
Peace Film Production (HK) Co. |
| Distributed by | Cinema City & Films Co. |
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Release dates
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$6,617,877 |
Mismatched Couples (aka Love Meets the Match) is a 1985 Hong Kong action romantic comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring himself alongside Donnie Yen.
The film was created during hip hop culture's height of popularity in the 1980s, and in addition to martial arts, incorporates b-boying, popping, locking, and the Electric boogaloo.
Plot
Eddie (Donnie Yen) is a martial artist and hip hop dancer. In the film, he befriends a poor old man named Mini (Yuen Woo-ping). Mini later falls in love with Eddie's older sister, Ying (Wong Wan-si). Later, Eddie's cousin, Stella (May Lo), falls for him, but Eddie actually has his eyes on Anna (Anna Kamiyama). Meanwhile, Kenny (Kenny Perez) also has his eyes on Anna, while there is a fighting champion (Dick Wei) who is obsessed with fighting Eddie.
Cast
| Cast | Role |
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| Donnie Yen | Eddie |
| Yuen Woo-ping | Mini |
| Wong Wan-si | Ying |
| May Lo | Stella |
| Anna Kamiyama | Anna |
| Dick Wei | Fight champion |
| Brandy Yuen | Drunkard at Kenny's party |
| Mandy Chan | Colourful Punk |
| To Wai-wo | Molester |
| Yip Ha-lei | Old man at airport |
| Kenny Perez | Kenny |
| Lee Yue | Buyer of sugar cane |
| Jackson Ng | Molester |
| Ken Boyle | Tourist |
| Shirley Tan | Lynn |
| Chui Ching-hong | Customer teasing Stella |
| Sam Wong | neighbour |
External links
- Mismatched Couples at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Mismatched Couples at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Mismatched Couples at IMDb
- Use dmy dates from January 2014
- Use Hong Kong English from January 2014
- All Wikipedia articles written in Hong Kong English
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- 1985 films
- Cantonese-language films
- Hong Kong films
- Hong Kong action comedy films
- Hong Kong romantic comedy films
- Hong Kong martial arts films
- 1980s action films
- 1980s romantic comedy films
- 1980s martial arts films
- Martial arts comedy films
- Hip hop films
- Films directed by Yuen Woo-ping
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films shot in Hong Kong
