English Title: The Empty Hands
Chinese Title: 空手道
Cast: Stephy Tang, Chapman To, Yasuaki Kurata, Ryan Lau, Dada Chen, Stephen Au
Synopsis: Mari Hirakawa (Stephy Tang) is the daughter of a Karate teacher (Yasuaki
Kurata). She and her father have drifted apart
after she has given up on training Karate. Although she has been very
talented as a kid, she never continued training after losing in a
contest.
Now, her father has died and she doesn't know how to deal with it. At
least the apartment, which is also a dojo, is passed on to her she
believes.
However, during the reading of the will she is quite surprised to hear
that Chan Keung (Chapman To) gets 51 percent of the apartment. Mari
doesn't
even remember who that is. The former student of her father has worked
for a gangster, but then saved a small child from his boss and had to go
to
prison. He is free again, now, and alongside Mute Dog (Stephen Au) he
teaches Karate at Mari's place. Mari is extremely unhappy about this
development
and finds herself in a difficult phase of her life anyway since her
affair with a radio DJ (Ryan Lau) has been ended by him, leaving her
with no
perspective in life. Then, Chan offers to sign over the whole dojo to
her if she manages to hold her ground in a ring for three rounds...