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Too Many Ways to Be No. 1

1997 film by Wai Ka-Fai
Movie film Q18649414
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Summary

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Wai Ka-fai[3]
  • Screenwriter: Wai Ka-fai[4]
  • Genre: action comedy film[5]
  • Cast member: Sean Lau[6]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Cantonese[7], Standard Chinese[8]
  • Color: color[9]
  • Country of origin: Hong Kong[10]
  • Publication date: 1997[11]
  • Distributed by: Orange Sky Golden Harvest[12]
  • Narrative location: Hong Kong[13]
  • Duration: 90[14]
  • P14449: 129711[15]
  • P14821: 120541[16]

Why It Matters

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

film Hong Kong

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 120541
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 120541, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 129711
    Publication date → +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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