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Number 1

Number 1

Number 1

Number 1

When Life's a Drag, Be a Queen!

2020•1h 38m•

★7.8(5 ratings)

ComedyDrama

Overview

Number One is a heart-warming musical family comedy that follows the story of Chow Chee Beng, a middle-aged white collar manager retrenched by his company. After many failed interviews, Chee Beng unwillingly takes a job as a manager at ‘Number One’, a popular drag club. Soon, Chee Beng is roped into dressing up to join the drag queens on stage. And to everyone’s surprise, Chee Beng is a natural drag queen and his performance wows the audiences!

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Main Cast

Mark Lee

Mark Lee

Chow Chee Beng

Kiwebaby

Kiwebaby

Pearl

Jaspers Lai

Jaspers Lai

Money

Darius Tan

Darius Tan

Italy

Kenneth Chia

Kenneth Chia

Tiny

Henry Thia

Henry Thia

Fa Ge

Gadrick Chin

Gadrick Chin

Unicorn

Cassandra See

Cassandra See

Teo Chew Phoenix

Gina Tan

Gina Tan

Marie

Caryn Cheng

Caryn Cheng

Judy

Estovan Reizo Cheah

Estovan Reizo Cheah

Mason

Emily Ho

Emily Ho

Jocelyn

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Wang Guoshen

Writing

Screenplay: Jaspers Lai

Production

Executive Producer: Lovinia Chiu

Keywords

musical

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Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "When Life's a Drag, Be a Queen!"

#2

The original title is "男儿王" (ZH).

#3

The runtime is 98 minutes (1h 38m).

#4

The film was directed by Wang Guoshen.

#5

The screenplay was written by Jaspers Lai.

#6

This title is listed on IMDb as tt13217556.

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Rating

7.8/10

Great

5 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

男儿王

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

NC16

Language:

普通话, English

Country of Origin:

Singapore

Production Companies:

Clover Films

Clover Films

MM2 Entertainment

MM2 Entertainment

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