The New Matchmaker
★ 8 · 1988 · 42m · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Family
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Golden Bowl
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Man’s Noodles is passed down to Man Shui, Man Nin and Man Sai. They have learned the craft from their father and opened their own noodle shops, resulting in destructive competition. Lung Kau, Fok Siu-yuk and Kam Chi are their wives. They often quarrel as they earnestly defend their husbands. The siblings’ mother Madam Man Ji Chin-hung hasn't intervened in the feud between her sons as she is faced with a dilemma. Just before CNY’s Eve, Chin-hung dreams of her late husband. He brings up the sibling rivalry and tells Chin-hung to restore things to order. Chin-hung then uses the legend of the Mans’ Golden Bowl, which was bestowed by the Emperor, as an excuse for luring her three sons into temporarily staying at their old home from first to seventh of January. Chin-hung pretends to observe her sons and their family members’ behavior which she uses as a basis for deciding who is the Golden Bowl winner. She hopes to unite everybody through participation in traditional CNY activities.
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CMG Spring Festival Gala
1983 · ★ 5.8
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Clerks
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The continuing adventures of store clerks Dante and Randal, who try to make the best of their menial labor, with no help from Jay and Silent Bob.
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The Message
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La Job
2006 · ★ 0.8
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Strange Days at Blake Holsey High
2002 · ★ 8.7
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All in Good Faith
1985 · ★ 2.3
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How do you like Wednesday?
1996 · ★ 7.7
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Shuriken School
2006 · ★ 6
Eizan Kaburagi and his friends experience their first year at a ninja school, where they learn only the finest forms of education there are… such as how to pass through walls, disappear into clouds of smoke and fly over rooftops.
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W*A*L*T*E*R
1984 · ★ 6.1
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