History Film / GodOfGamblers

* DisproportionateRetribution: To goad Ko Chun back into a high stakes match, Chau in ''God of Gamblers Returns'' murders Ko Chun's wife and unborn child, and preserves the latter in a pickled jar.

* FictionalCounterpart: Cheung Po-Sing is the fictional counterpart of Chinese fraudster Zhang Baosheng. Zhang Baosheng was once believed to have supernatural abilities, because of [[AppealToAuthority mass-media publicity]] and scientific illiteracy.

* TheCameo: Creator/MichikoNishiwaki as a heavily tattooed female gambler.

* RevisedEnding: Due to strict anti-gambling laws in Malaysia, the version of ''Returns'' released there changed Dragon's character into an undercover cop working for Interpol, and ends with Chau's arrest and Dragon delivering a tract against gambling.

* WorthyOpponent: Lung Wu viewed Ko Chun that way in God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage when they introduced themselves to each other through a fight.

The film would spawn several sequels and spin-offs, notably Stephen Chow's ''All for the Winner'' (赌圣). Stephen would later appear in a movie alongside Andy Lau called ''God of Gamblers II'' (赌侠) reprising their respective roles. [[note]]not to be confused with ''God of Gamblers Returns'' (赌神2), considered to be the only true sequel to the original movie.[[/note]]

''God of Gamblers'' is a 1989 Hong Kong action comedy-drama film written and directed by Wong Jing, and featuring an ensemble cast.

The film would spawn several sequels and spin-offs, notably Stephen Chow's ''All for the Winner''. Stephen would later appear in a movie alongside Andy Lau called ''God of Gamblers II'' reprising their respective roles. [[note]]not to be confused with ''God of Gamblers 2/Returns'', considered to be the only true sequel to the original movie.[[/note]]

* ManipulatingTheOpponentsDeck: In the Creator/StephenChow sequels to the First Film, the ludicrous skill and luck of the epynomous protagonist at cards is parodied by the fact that the hands can literally be changed by psychic-powers, either by the player himself or by a psychic in the audience specifically hired to help him cheat. Of course, in the latter case, said unscrupulous psycker can also be potentially bribed by the opposing team to help ''them'' get the literal upper hand.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Just about every action is made out to be epic, regardless of whether or not it would be so in RealLife. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9L-AgsuLdI Look on, ye lesser mortals, as Chow Yun Fat WALKS INTO A ROOM!]]