Battle of the Sexes

Dir/Scr: Lee Ying-yuen
Prod Co: Shijie
Cast: Cheung Ying, Mui Yee, Tsi Lo Lin, Tang Kei-chen, Lam Mui-mui
1959 | B&W | D Beta | Cantonese | 103min

Marriage without quarrel is like food without spice. Or is it? Cheung Ying plays a trading firm manager who is also a flawless husband. His wife (Tsi Lo Lin), however, demands a divorce when she has mistaken the wife of Cheung's deceased friend (Mui Yee) for his mistress. Things get even more complicated when Cheung's chauffeur (Tang Kei-chen) dons the guise of his boss to fool around. Luckily, the warring couple finally have a heart-to-heart talk and set things right before it's too late. Though no longer a couple by the time the film was made, Cheung Ying and Mui Yee continued to display an effortless chemistry on screen, in this joke-packed yet thoughtful tale on marital relationship.