Just Call Me Nobody

Just Call Me Nobody
Directed byKevin Chu
Written byNing Caishen
Produced byFargo Pi
StarringXiao Shen Yang
Kelly Lin
Banny Chen
Zhao Benshan
Eric Tsang
Jacky Wu
Xiao Xiao Bin
CinematographyDu Jie
Edited byChen Po-wen
Music byRicky Ho
Release date
  • 3 December 2010 (2010-12-03) (China)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryTaiwan

Just Call Me Nobody (Chinese: 大笑江湖) is a 2010 comedy-martial arts film directed by Kevin Chu. The film is about a bumbling cobbler (Xiao Shen Yang) who becomes a martial arts master.

Plot

In ancient China, a poor shoe repair man Wu Di (Xiao Shen Yang) lives with his mother (Chen Hui-chuen) and is obsessed with martial-arts picture books. Wu Di repairs the shoe of the swordswoman Yuelou (Kelly Lin) and later helps save her in a fight despite having no martial-arts training. She thanks him and says she can be found on Qin Mountain if she is needed. Yuelou is secretly a princess who is due to marry the emperor (Banny Chen) but escape after setting the palace on fire.

Production

Just Call Me Nobody finished filming in later September.[1]

Release

Just Call Me Nobody was released on 3 December 2010 in China and is set to be released in Taiwan on 26 January 2011.[2] On its release in China, the film topped the box office, grossing $9,018,081.[3]

Reception

Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a rating of three out of ten.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "'Just Call Me Nobody' Wraps up Shooting". China Radio International. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. ^ Elley, Derek (4 January 2011). "Just Call Me Nobody (大笑江湖)". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Just Call Me Nobody (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 January 2011.