When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.

This film introduced newcomer Kitty Zhang as his romantic lead. In 1987 Chow entered into the movie industry through the film Final Justice which won him the Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2004 he directed the film Kung Fu Hustle winning 18 awards including BAFTA Best Film not in the English Language five Golden Horse Awards and six Hong Kong Film Awards.