King of Beggars

6.8

/10

1h 36mAction & Adventure Drama Comedy Action

The illiterate General of Canton, General So, advocates a lazy, happy lifestyle of sex and money. His spoiled and also illiterate son, Chan (Stephen Chow), is his most faithful disciple. For the love of a woman, Chan attends the national exams for Martial Arts Scholar in Peking. Chan is victorious on the physical test, but before he is to be crowned, he is found to have cheated on the written exam. The Emperor sentences Chan to be a beggar. Initially Chan is unable cope with his new role, but with some mystic help, he takes on the position as King of the Beggars Association. Leading this motley crew into battle against an evil warlord in the Emperor's entourage, Chan rescues the Emperor, and gains respect for the beggars.

Spoken language: cn

Starring Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Ng Man-tat, Vindy Chan, Norman Chui, David Lam Wai, Wang Chung, Natalis Chan, Lawrence Cheng, Matthew Wong Hin-Mung

Watch "King of Beggars" on Vudu released in 1992. It's a action & adventure and drama movie, and has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.