From celebrated Mainland director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern) comes Happy Times, a surprising comedy with a twist of allegorical social commentary. Chinese comedian Zhao Ben Shan stars as Zhao, a fifty-something unemployed loser who targets an overweight divorcee as his last shot at love. He courts her by saying he is the well-to-do manager of the "Happy Times Hotel" - which happens to be an out-and-out lie. Unfazed, she gives Zhao her blind stepdaughter Wu Ying (Dong Jie, in a marvelous, revelatory performance), so that she can find a job at the hotel. Faced with his lie, Zhao decides to continue the deception, and even fabricates a hotel and a masseur job for Wu Ying - which is all possible because she can't see! The deception can't last forever, but in looking for a wife, Zhao may have inadvertently found a daughter. Zhang Yimou departs from his usual period dramas for Happy Times, a bittersweet and humorously touching film about how a man can find an unexpected love in a most unexpected way.

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Product Title:	Happy Times (DVD) (China Version) 幸福時光 (DVD) (中國版) 幸福时光 (DVD) (中国版) Happy Times (DVD) (China Version) Happy Times (China Version)
Artist Name(s):	Zhang Yimou \| Dong Jie \| Fu Biao \| Li Xue jian 張藝謀 \| 董潔 \| 傅彪 \| 李雪健张艺谋 \| 董洁 \| 傅彪 \| 李雪健張藝謀（チャン・イーモウ） \| 董潔（ドン・ジェ） \| Fu Biao \| 李雪健　（リー・シュエチェン） 장이모우 \| Dong Jie \| Fu Biao \| Li Xue jian
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Release Date:	2003-12-03
Language:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	No Subtitle
Country of Origin:	China
Picture Format:	PAL What is it?
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	All Region What is it?
Publisher:	Gui Zhou Dong Fang Yin Xiang Chu Ban She
Other Information:	1 DVD
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1002978677

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導演: 張藝謀
Director: Zhang Yi Mou

五十來歲的老趙憨厚､本份﹐卻仍是個單身漢﹐經人介紹終於相中了一個酷似高爾基外婆的胖女人。胖女人身邊還有一個前夫留下的十七､八歲的盲女吳穎。
要與胖女人結婚﹐擺在老趙面前有兩大難題﹕錢和盲女。老趙兩袖清風﹐何來錢﹖為了胖女人﹐為了這愛情﹐在他的善良而又熱心的工友與盲女之間﹐在老趙與盲女之間﹐展開了一個個生動感人而又令人啼笑皆非的故事……

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