Mrs K

Mrs K
Mrs K
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ho Yuhang
Written by	Chan Wai-keung ; Ho Yuhang
Produced by	Ho Yuhang ; Albert Lee ; Lina Tan ; Lorna Tee
Starring	Kara Wai ; Simon Yam ; Wu Bai ; Siow Li Xuan
Cinematography	Teoh Gay Hian
Edited by	Sharon Chong ; Soo Mun Thye
Music by	Fugu
Production; company	Red Films
Distributed by	GSC Movies (Malaysia) ; Emperor Motion Pictures (Hong Kong)
Release dates	October 7, 2016 (Busan); September 7, 2017 (Malaysia); September 21, 2017 (Hong Kong); November 18, 2018 (Russia); January 10, 2019 (Singapore);
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Malaysia ; Hong Kong ;
Languages	Cantonese ; Mandarin ; Malay ; English ;

Mrs K is a 2016 Malaysian-Hong Kong crime action film directed by Ho Yuhang. It stars Kara Wai, Simon Yam, Wu Bai, Ruby Yap and Siow Li Xuan.[1] This movie was only released in Moscow, Russia under the title: Миссис Кей (missis kei in Russian)

Premise

Mrs K is a story of a woman who gives everything that she has to protect her husband and daughter when enemies from her past come hunting her. She is forced to revisit her dark past when her teenage daughter is kidnapped by enemies from her past.

Cast

Kara Wai as Mrs K
Simon Yam as Scarface
Wu Bai as Mr K
Siow Li Xuan as Little K
Faizal Hussein as Tano
Tony Liu as Monkey
Ruby Yap as Fong
Lenny Ooi as Loong
Joe Chang as Blondie
Germaine Yeap as Nikkie
Kirk Wong as Priest
Fruit Chan as Retiree
Dain Said as Loan shark
Alvin Chong as Robbers 1
Bernard Hiew as Robbers 2
R. Ramasundran as Rajeev

Reception

Variety called it "is a stylish action movie whose light touch persuades us to accept still-lethal potential of a nearly 60-year-old heroine" and "it's expertly crafted good fun that should appeal to genre fans across many borders."[2]

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
53rd Golden Horse Awards	Best Action Choreography	Adam Chan	Nominated	[3]
Five Flavours Film Festival	New Asian Cinema - Best Film	Ho Yuhang	Nominated	[4]

Singaporean and Russian release

In Singapore and Russia, the movie was released in 2018 under Mosfilm Asia.

References

"Review: Mrs K – Kara Wai revisits action past in absurd thriller". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
Harvey, Dennis (21 April 2017). "Film Review: 'Mrs K'". Variety. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
"台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw.
Smaków, Festiwal Filmowy Pięć. "Five Flavours Film Festival". www.piecsmakow.pl. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

External links

Mrs K at IMDb
Mrs K at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Mrs K at Douban (in Chinese)
Mrs K at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)

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[1] "Review: Mrs K – Kara Wai revisits action past in absurd thriller". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[2] Harvey, Dennis (21 April 2017). "Film Review: 'Mrs K'". Variety. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[3] "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw.

[4] Smaków, Festiwal Filmowy Pięć. "Five Flavours Film Festival". www.piecsmakow.pl. Retrieved 2 April 2018.