Teppanyaki

Original title: Tie ban shao

1984
1h 29m

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Mr. Boo is seemingly doomed to spend the rest of his days as a cook in a teppanyaki restaurant, married to the corpulent and overbearing daughter of the gun-happy owner.Mr. Boo is seemingly doomed to spend the rest of his days as a cook in a teppanyaki restaurant, married to the corpulent and overbearing daughter of the gun-happy owner.Mr. Boo is seemingly doomed to spend the rest of his days as a cook in a teppanyaki restaurant, married to the corpulent and overbearing daughter of the gun-happy owner.

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5.8/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Michael Hui

Johnny Huang

Sally Yeh

Sisi

Frances Yip

Ying, Johnny's Wife

Hoi-Pang Lo

Johnny's Father-in-law

Mei-Yi Tsou

Sally
(as Mei-i Tsou)

Paul Che

Che
(as Biu Law Che)

Ying Sau Hui

Johnny's Grandfather

Siu-Tin Lai

Pierre

Chun-Ying Cheung

Pierre's Friend
(as David Cheung)

Yen Ping Li

Johnny's Neighbor

Chi-Kwan Chung

Sophia
(as Sylvia Chung)

Tau Wan Yue

Man on Plane

Chih-Hung Chang

Punk in Car

Man-Wai Wong

Woman in Call Center

Director
- Michael Hui
Writer
- Michael Hui
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Connections
Spoofs Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Soundtracks
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Main Theme
(uncredited)
Written by John Williams

User reviews4

Review

Featured review

7/10

Better than I remembered it.

This is one of Michael Hui's directed comedies, which are dubbed "Mr. Boo" in Japan. Here, Michael Hui plays Johnny, who works as a teppanyaki chef at a restaurant own by his trigger-happy father-in-law (Hoi-Pang Lo). He and his grandfather are also mistreated by his wife, Ying. As a result, Johnny dreams of a fantasy island where he can go over with a calendar girl named Sisi (Sally Yeh).

The film has a solid plot and some laugh-out-loud slapstick humor. The movie does drag at times as it lacks some action and suspense. But, Michael Hui is definitely the highlight of the film as his unique brand of humor and comedy keeps us entertained. From his frustrated family life scenes to the disastrous Philippines vacation scenes, it's not a bad movie from start to finish. It has a good message about not letting people walk all over you - a good lesson to learn.

Overall, this movie was better than I remembered it when I first watched it many years before this year (2015).

Grade B-