Lai Ming

In the first we see a man without scruples able to do anything to get what he wants and at the end you will come out the backfire. In the second we see a distressed husband sells his wife for one night in exchange for money. In the third and last a woman in love makes every effort to become prominent in the sexual life of her husband. Decides given to all kinds of games just to be the center of your fantasies.

The sophistication of 1950s Hong Kong cinema is vividly illustrated in this film of limited budget and resources. Cantonese opera star Sun Ma Si-tsang plays a country boy who looks exactly like Sun Ma and is asked by a rich girl to impersonate the star, to help her stage an opera. The self-reflexive humour generated by the absurd situation not only provides delicious parody of celebrity culture but also comments subtly on class inequality and the perils of urbanisation. Sun Ma, who also appears as himself in a stage performance, is complemented beautifully by the brilliant comedian Yee Chau-shui as his sidekick and Hung Sin Nui, another opera superstar, as the spoiled and precocious rich girl.