Cat vs. Rat is a Shaw Brothers martial arts-comedy film directed by Lau Kar Leung, starring Alexander Fu, Adam Cheng, Kara Hui and Hsiao Ho. The plot is loosely based on the 19th century wuxia classic novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants.
Plot
7 cats Vs 1 rat - Typical domestic cats, 7 of them, trying hard to catch a rat sneaking inside my kitchen from back door. Luckily Papa came to the rescue.
Baak Juktong and Zin Ciu were martial arts students of the same sifu, Si Daatfu. They quarreled and fought incessantly over who had the most powerful kungfu. Baak saved the emperor, traveling in the region in plain clothes, but did not believe his identity when the emperor offered him officialdom. Later, Zin also saved the emperor, who appointed him imperial sword-bearing guard with the title "Royal Cat". Jealous and infuriated, especially because his nickname was "Brocade-Coated Rat" (rats were known as cat food), Baak and his four sworn brothers â€" Zoeng Ping the "River-Overturning Rat", Ceoi Hing the "Mountain-Boring Rat", Hon Zoeng the "Earth-Piercing Rat" and Lou Fong the "Sky-Penetrating Rat" â€" plotted to steal the imperial jade seal from the emperor to embarrass Zin.
Cast and Characters (in order of appearance)
- Note: The characters' names are in Cantonese (Jyutping) romanisation. Mandarin (Pinyin) romanisation is included in parentheses when helpful.
- Kara Hui as Zin Juklaan
- Hsiao Ho as Zoeng Ping (Jiang Ping)
- Alexander Fu Sheng as Baak Juktong (Bai Yutang)
- Adam Cheng as Zin Ciu (Zhan Zhao)
- Lau Kar-wing as Si Daatfu
- Lydia Shum as Baak's mother
- Gordon Liu as the emperor
- Lam Fai-wong as Can Gim
- Wang Lung-wei as Ceoi Hing (Xu Qing)
- Ching Chu as Hon Zoeng (Han Zhang)
- Cheung Chin-pang as Lou Fong (Lu Fang)
External links
- Yu mao san xi jin mao shu on IMDb
- Cat Vs. Rat at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase