Troublesome Night 5

Troublesome Night 5

Film poster

Chinese name

陰陽路5之一見發財

阴阳路5之一见发财

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yīn Yáng Lù Wǔ Zhī Yī Jiàn Fā Cái
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Jam1 Joeng4 Lou6 Ng5 Zi1 Jat1 Gin3 Faat3 Coi4

Directed by

Herman Yau

Written by

Kenneth Lau
Chang Kwok-tse

Produced by

Nam Yin

Cinematography

Joe Chan

Edited by

Tony Chow

Music by

Mak Chun Hung

Production
companies

B&S Limited
Nam Yin Production Co., Ltd.

Release date

22 January 1999 (1999-01-22)

Running time

89 minutes

Country

Hong Kong

Language

Cantonese

Troublesome Night 5 is a 1999 Hong Kong horror comedy film produced by Nam Yin and directed by Herman Yau. It is the fifth of the 20 films in the Troublesome Night film series.

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Plot

This film contains three loosely connected segments. In the first segment, Cheung, a night shift taxi driver, picks up five different passengers on the same night: an injured triad boss, a woman pretending to be a ghost, a mysterious old woman, an edgy woman, and the ghost of a traffic policeman.

In the second segment, Cheung's friend, Fat, moves to a new apartment with his wife and son. He gambles compulsively despite being already heavily in debt. One night, after discovering that his new home is haunted, he asks the ghost to help him win every time he gambles. In return, he will share half of everything he has with the ghost. He soon regrets the deal he made, but it is too late. The ghost wants him to share not only his fortune, but also his wife, and even the number of years he is destined to live. Left with no choice, his wife and son abandon him. Fat commits suicide by setting himself on fire while sitting on the rocking chair that belonged to the ghost.

In the third segment, Fat's son, On, has grown up while Cheung has quit driving and started his own private security company. Cheung hires On and assigns him to work the night shift in an office building. One night, On and two colleagues encounter a ghostly old woman and end up on a non-existent 14th floor. While escaping from the building, On has a vision of the haunted apartment he lived in when he was a boy. When his mother learns about the incident, she wants to accompany the three of them while they reenact their escape, so that she can meet up with her husband's ghost. Their attempt is successful; Fat's ghost reunites with his family, who forgive him, and he departs in peace. On also becomes more mature and sensible after the encounter.