Just Call Me Nobody

2010 Taiwanese film
  • 3 December 2010 (2010-12-03) (China)
Running time
94 minutesCountryTaiwan

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.
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