Cat and Mouse (2003 film)

Cat and Mouse (traditional Chinese: 老鼠愛上貓; simplified Chinese: 老鼠爱上猫) is a 2003 Hong Kong wuxia romantic comedy film directed by Gordon Chan, and starring Andy Lau, Anthony Wong and Cecilia Cheung. The film is loosely based on the 19th century novel, The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants by Shi Yukun.

Cat and Mouse
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	老鼠愛上貓
Simplified Chinese	老鼠爱上猫
Transcriptions
Directed by	Gordon Chan
Written by	Felix Chong Gordon Chan
Based on	The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants by Shi Yukun
Produced by	Andrew Lau Han Zhijun Zhou You
Starring	Andy Lau Cecilia Cheung Anthony Wong Li Bingbing
Cinematography	Andrew Lau Ko Chiu-Lam
Edited by	Danny Pang Curran Pang
Music by	Ken Chan Chan Kwong-Wing
Production companies	Media Asia Films Changchun Film Group Basic Pictures China Film Co-Production Corporation Eastern Dragon Film Company
Distributed by	Media Asia Distribution
Release date	13 February 2003 (2003-02-13)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$12,800,000

Plot

Zhan Zhao (Andy Lau) is a court officer who learns of a plot to assassinate Judge Bao (Anthony Wong). While on holiday he meets a young man named Bai (Cecilia Cheung) who turns out to be a woman. Zhan Zhao tries to recruit Bai to help him stop the assassination of Judge Bao.

Cast

Cast	Role	Description
Andy Lau	Zhan Zhao	"Southern Hero"
Anthony Wong	Bao Zheng	Prefect of Kaifeng, capital of Song dynasty
Cecilia Cheung	Bai Yutang	"Brocade-Coated Mouse", 5th sworn "brother"
Xie Jiaqi	Lu Fang	"Sky-Penetrating Mouse", 1st sworn brother
Chapman To	Han Zhang	"Earth-Piercing Mouse", 2nd sworn brother
Lam Chi-chung	Xu Qing	"Mountain-Boring Mouse", 3rd sworn brother
Cheung Ho-lung	Jiang Ping	"River-Overturning Mouse", 4th sworn brother
Guo Donglin	Zhao Jue	"Prince of Xiangyang"
Li Bingbing	Yuehua	Prince of Xiangyang's sworn sister
Cheung Tat-ming	Zhao Zhen	"Emperor Renzong", 4th emperor of Song dynasty
Ma Qianshan	Empress Pang	married to Emperor Renzong
Ma Zijun	Pang Ji	Song dynasty grand tutor, Empress Pang's father
Wu Yue	Pang Yu	Grand Tutor Pang's son
Miao Haizhong	Gongsun Ce	Bao Zheng's secretary
Wen Yang	Wang Chao	Bao Zheng's officer
Gao Lei	Ma Han	Bao Zheng's officer
Jonathan Cheung	Zhang Long	Bao Zheng's officer
Cui Lin	Zhao Hu	Bao Zheng's officer
Jiang Guoyin	Chen Lin	eunuch
Guan Shuntian	Guo An	eunuch

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Theme Song

• Song: Justice Bao (包青天)
  • Singer: Andy Lau
  • Composer: Yang Bing Zhong
  • Lyricist: Sun Yi
  • Arranger: Jacky Chan and Marco Wan