Merry-Go-Round (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version) Blu-ray Region All

We leave in order to return. Writers-directors Yan Yan Mak (Butterfly) and Clement Cheng (Gallants) held this value close to them for Merry-Go-Round, a visually lush urban drama about going home and finding your roots. Commissioned by Hong Kong's premier charity organization to commemorate its 140th anniversary, Merry-Go-Round follows three lost souls in an emotional story that spans generations and continents. After extensive research, Mak and Cheng chose to set their story in a "coffin home" owned by the organization, which houses coffins before family members can have them shipped for burials in their hometowns.

Led by Ella Koon (The Shopaholics) taking two roles in a commanding performance, the film's eclectic cast also includes Nora Miao (Way of the Dragon), Teddy Robin (Gallants), Lawrence Chou (Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat), and Denise "HOCC" Ho. Cinematographer Jason Kwan (Love in a Puff) brilliantly captures the allure of Hong Kong and the seaside coffin home with gorgeous images that complements the melancholic acoustic score by Hong Kong independent musician Ketchup. Merry-Go-Round was also one of the two closing films at the 2010 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.

Running from her family, terminal illness patient and drug addict Merry (Ella Koon) goes to Hong Kong from San Francisco to look for her internet friend Allen (Lawrence Chou). After being ignored by Allen, Merry wanders her way to the seaside Tung Wah Coffin Home and gets a job working for Uncle Hill (Teddy Robin), the home's caretaker. Meanwhile, Allen's aunt Eva (Nora Miao), a Chinese medicine shop owner, also makes her way from San Francisco to Hong Kong to ensure that Allen doesn't sell the family's medicine shop in Hong Kong. In her hometown, she begins to remember her love affair decades ago with a businessman's son (Lu Yu Lai).

Blu-ray Edition comes with directors' commentary and The Story behind Merry-Go-Round.

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Product Title:	Merry-Go-Round (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version) 東風破 (Blu-ray) (香港版) 东风破 (Blu-ray) (香港版) 東風破 （Blu-ray） （香港版） Merry-Go-Round (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Lawrence Chou (Actor) | Teddy Robin (Actor) | Ella Koon (Actor) | Miu Kam Fung (Actor) | Siu Yam Yam (Actor) | Denise Ho (Actor) | Cheung Tong Cho (Actor) | Wilfred Lau (Actor) 周 俊偉 (Actor) | 泰迪羅賓 (Actor) | 官恩娜 (Actor) | 苗金鳳 (Actor) | 邵音音 (Actor) | 何 韻詩 (Actor) | 張同祖 (Actor) | 劉浩龍 (Actor) 周 俊伟 (Actor) | 泰迪罗宾 (Actor) | 官恩娜 (Actor) | 苗金凤 (Actor) | 邵音音 (Actor) | 何 韵诗 (Actor) | 张同祖 (Actor) | 刘浩龙 (Actor) 周俊偉（ローレンス・チョウ） (Actor) | 秦迪羅賓（テディー・ロビン） (Actor) | 官恩娜（エラ・クン） (Actor) | 苗金鳳（ミウ・カムフォン） (Actor) | 邵音音（シウ・ヤムヤム） (Actor) | 何韻詩 （デニス・ホー） (Actor) | 張同祖 （チョン・トンチョー） (Actor) | 劉浩龍（ウィルフレッド・ラウ） (Actor) Lawrence Chou (Actor) | Teddy Robin (Actor) | Ella Koon (Actor) | Miu Kam Fung (Actor) | Siu Yam Yam (Actor) | Denise Ho (Actor) | Cheung Tong Cho (Actor) | Wilfred Lau (Actor)
Director:	Mak Yan Yan | Clement Cheng 麥婉欣 | 鄭 思傑 麦婉欣 | 郑 思杰 麥婉欣（ヤンヤン・マク） | クレメント・チェン Mak Yan Yan | Clement Cheng
Blu-ray Region Code:	All Region What is it?
Release Date:	2011-01-06
Language:	Cantonese
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Place of Origin:	Hong Kong
Picture Format:	[HD] High Definition What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	2.35 : 1
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby TrueHD
Disc Format(s):	Blu-ray, 25 GB - Single Layer
Screen Resolution:	1080p (1920 x 1080 progressive scan)
Video Codecs:	AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10)
Rating:	I
Duration:	125 (mins)
Publisher:	Kam & Ronson Enterprises Co Ltd
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1023862584

Director: Cheng Sze Kit, Mak Yan Yan

A dying drug addict ran away from San Francisco to Hong Kong, to meet up with a net friend she had never met. However, the one she ran into was an ill-tempered old man, who lived as a recluse at Tung-wah Coffin Home. A Chinese herbal physician, who had been staying in San Francisco over decades, decided to return to Hong Kogn when a deed was delivered by courier to her. The owner of a traditional herbal shop in Hong Kong, was a lad who hated to carry on his family business. He came to himself on account of three women. The world changes so swiftly, things we were once familiar with could just vanish in no time. A chance encounter with strangers could bring new horizon to their lives. You can always acquire a new life regardless of your age. You just have to believe.

This film has won 1 award(s) and received 1 award nomination(s).

• Hong Kong Films Awards 2011
  • Best Cinematography Nomination
  • Best Original Film Song Winner, Jun Kung

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