Drama · China · 2025 · 2h 0m

The Dumpling Queen

水饺皇后

The Dumpling Queen poster
Director
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Cast
Ma Li as Zang Jianhe Kara Hui Ying-Hung as Ms. Hong Zhu Yawen as Mr. Hua Wong Cho-Lam as Mr. Jin Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei as Rose Michael Tse Tin-Wah as Stanry
Crew
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung — Director of Photography 李建祥 — Editor Comfort Chan — Original Music Composer Han Jianü — Writer Mengchu Zhang — Writer Theresa Tang Kit-Ming — Writer
Synopsis

Based on the true story of Ms. Zang Jianhe, the founder of Wan Chai Ferry Terminal and known as the "Queen of Dumplings"; in the late 1970s, Ms. Zang Jianhe from Qingdao, Shandong Province was forced to flee to her husband with her two young daughters, but was forced to stay in Hong Kong, and in order to survive, she had to sell dumplings at the Wan Chai Ferry Terminal. How will she carry down the heavy difficulties of fate, step by step to reverse her life...

Trailer The Dumpling Queen — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
1970sbased on true storyimpoverishedcompassionatebiographical drama
Key Collaborators
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung Director Andrew Lau Wai-Keung Director of Photography 李建祥 Editor Comfort Chan Original Music Composer Han Jianü Writer Mengchu Zhang Writer Theresa Tang Kit-Ming Writer Mandy Law Hiu-Man Producer Xu Zhiyong Producer Cheung Siu-Kin Producer Kenneth Yee Costume Design
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