Our Diversions @shengsterino: 武状元苏乞儿 King of Beggars (1992 China Star Entertainment Group)

武状元苏乞儿
King of Beggars

《武状元苏乞儿》是由中国电影合作制片公司、香港永盛电影公司联合摄制，陈嘉上执导，周星驰、张敏、吴孟达、陈慧仪、徐少强主演的动作喜剧片，于1992年12月17日香港上映。该片讲述了广州提督苏察哈尔氏之子苏察哈尔灿为赢得心爱之人的喜欢在考取武状元被人设计陷害沦为乞丐，最终两人走到一起的故事。
本片入围第12届香港电影金像奖及第30届金马奖共七项提名

King of Beggars is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Ng Man-tat, and Norman Chui. The story is loosely based on legends about the martial artist So Chan (better known as "Beggar So"), who lived in the late Qing dynasty and was one of the Ten Tigers of Canton.

Starring演员
周星驰Stephen Chow, 张敏Sharla Cheung, 吴孟达Ng Man-tat, 徐少强Norman Chui, 郑丹瑞, 陈百祥Natalis Chan, 苑琼丹Kingdom Yuen, 陈慧仪, 黎彼得, 林威, 吴育枢, 王锺, 袁祥仁, 黄衍蒙, 邹义训, 李健仁, 杨幂Yang Mi, 林秀伟

Plot

So Chan is the spoiled son of a wealthy general in Canton. Although he is lazy and illiterate, he excels in martial arts. While visiting a brothel, So falls in love with Yu-Shang, a prostitute who dares to behave rudely towards him. So vies for Yu-Shang's services with Chiu Mo-Kei, a high-ranking government official, by trying to outbid him. By outbidding Chiu, So inadvertently foils an attempt by Yu-Shang, who was actually undercover, to assassinate Chiu. Yu-Shang wanted to get close to Chiu in order to avenge her father, who had been murdered by Chiu. Yu-Shang agrees to marry So if he can win the title of "Martial Arts Champion". To win Yu-Shang's hand-in-marriage. So enters the imperial martial arts contest to win the championship title. So's father helps him cheat his way through the written examination, while his personal expertise in martial arts carries him through the physical tests. So eventually emerges as champion, but just as the emperor is about to grant him the title, Chiu reveals that So is illiterate, proving that he cheated in the written examination. The enraged emperor orders So's family properties and possessions to be confiscated and decree that they shall remain as beggars for the rest of their lives. So does not adapt well to his new life. He encounters Chiu on the streets and Chiu breaks his legs, preventing him from practicing martial arts again. So is introduced by his father to join the Beggars' Sect, but he is ashamed when he finds out that Yu-Shang's family leads the sect. He spends most of his time sleeping in seclusion. By coincidence, he meets an elderly beggar, whom he helped earlier, and the beggar attempts to cheer him up by healing his wounds and teaching him the "Sleeping Arhat Skill". When Yu-Shang is kidnapped by Chiu later, So is shaken out of his delusional state as he wants to save her. He tricks the Beggars' Sect into electing him as their new chief by pretending that he is possessed by the spirit of Hung Tsat-Kung, legendary former chief of the sect. Using his improved literacy, he reads the sect's ancient martial arts manual and learns seventeen of the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" (降龍十八掌). The last move, however, is not shown in the book.

Meanwhile, Chiu puts Yu-Shang into a magical trance and attempts to use her as a puppet to assassinate the emperor. So leads his beggars across the Great Wall to stop Chiu and they engage Chiu in battle. So manages to save Yu-Shang in the nick of time. He uses all the skills he has learned to fight Chiu, but they prove insufficient to ultimately defeat Chiu. When Chiu conjures a windstorm, So's manual falls out and forms a flip book which animates the first seventeen of the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms". So suddenly realizes that the final move is a combination of the earlier seventeen and he uses it to destroy Chiu and save the emperor. In the final scenes, Yu-Shang agrees to marry So, and the grateful emperor asks So what reward he desires. So chooses to remain as the king of beggars and the emperor expresses worries about So wielding much influence over the masses. However, So reminds him that as long as the people are cared for, there will not be enough beggars to pose a threat to the emperor. So and Yu-Shang are seen wandering the streets with their large family, using an imperial tablet given to them by the emperor to force rich people to provide them with money.

剧情1
苏察哈尔灿，人称苏灿，是清朝广州将军之子，因旗人门阀身份及世代单传，恃宠而骄，不识四书五经，只爱拳脚武艺，成日饮酒狎妓。一次，苏灿在妓院怡红院宴客，帮助了丐帮长老洪日新，又遇见艺妓如霜。如霜实为丐帮前任帮主之女，为了报父仇而意图布局围杀天理教教主赵无极，但苏灿心仪于如霜，与酒客蒙古亲王僧格林沁及其幕僚赵无极发生冲突，使得如霜计画破局。后来苏灿为了搏得如霜欢心，决定上京投考武状元。在考场上，僧格林沁的侄子博达尔多暗掷毒镖，却被反弹的毒镖杀死，使得苏灿获得武状元。但僧格林沁和赵无极在咸丰帝面前揭穿苏灿是文盲，并且以笔试作弊为由，谗言陷害，让皇帝将苏灿父子贬为乞丐（广东俗称“乞儿”），之后又羞辱苏灿，废掉他的武功。屡受陷害而万念俱灰后，苏灿再次遇到洪七公传人洪日新，得其传授睡梦罗汉拳，并以此夺得丐帮帮主之位，并靠大还丹恢复武功。另一方面，赵无忌计划在皇上狩猎时弑君夺位，计划前夜，如霜与丐帮长老莫老三去探听天理教虚实，莫老三不敌败走，如霜被擒后遭到催眠，成为天理教的刺客，潜入猎场刺杀皇帝。苏灿得知如霜被抓，率帮众连夜前往猎场，并用降龙十八掌消灭赵无极。事后，苏灿拒绝了皇帝的赏赐，只要了一个写著“奉旨乞食”的讨饭钵，并与如霜结为夫妇，生下很多小孩，过著愉快的行乞生活。

剧情2

清末年间，广州大将之子苏灿（周星驰饰）在为自己1219做寿之日，在怡红院搭救了一名老乞丐，又巧遇乞丐帮中的如霜姑娘（张敏饰）。苏灿被如霜的美貌所吸引，产生了爱慕之情。而清官僧格林沁（林威饰）及与如霜有世仇的赵无忌也看中了如霜。为此，苏灿与僧格林沁及赵无忌（徐少强饰）一争高下，终于获得接近如霜姑娘的机会，却也因此引起僧格林沁及赵无忌的仇恨。但是，为报世仇才来到怡红院的如霜哪有心思与苏灿谈情说爱。为摆脱他的纠缠，她信口言明自己非武状元不嫁。为得到如霜的芳心，苏灿毅然赴京赶考武状元。目不识丁的苏灿花了20万两银子请人代考，通过了文试。满心欢喜迎来了自己的强项――比武。不料，比武的对手竟是僧格林沁的侄子，而僧格林沁又是总监考官。比赛中，赵无忌等人屡做手脚为难苏灿，但害人者终自毙，僧格林沁的侄子终因害人未成自己却中毒身亡，武艺高强的苏灿荣登武状元宝座。赵无忌等人禀报皇上，苏灿文考舞弊，皇上大怒，将苏灿父子贬为乞丐。赵无忌仍不甘心，设毒计废了苏灿的武功。沦为乞丐的苏灿父子从此流落街头以乞讨为生。被苏灿搭救过的老乞丐为答谢救命之恩，把绝技“睡梦罗汉拳”传给苏灿。苏灿凭此当上了乞丐帮帮主，成为“降龙十八掌”的继承人。为救落入赵无忌之手的如霜，苏灿使出了浑身解数未曾奏效，最后用“降龙十八掌”使赵无忌在火龙中化为灰烬。苏灿也终于如愿以偿，与如霜姑娘结为连理，共享行乞人间的快乐。

《武状元苏乞儿》主题曲
《长路漫漫伴你闯》
演唱林子祥
作词黄霑
作曲顾嘉煇

Cast and Character 演员阵容与角色
主要演员
周星驰Stephen Chow 饰演苏灿