Stars and Roses (orig. Ai ren tong zhi) is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung as a Vietnamese translator.
| Stars and Roses | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Traditional Chinese | 愛人同志 |
| Simplified Chinese | 爱人同志 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Ài Rén Tóng Zhì |
| Jyutping | Ngoi3 Jan4 Tung4 Zi3 |
| Directed by | Taylor Wong |
| Screenplay by | Ko Chung Wai |
| Produced by | Yuen Kam Lun |
| Starring | Andy Lau Cherie Chung |
| Cinematography | Herman Yau Puccini Yu |
| Edited by | A Chik Chung Chik |
| Music by | Lo Tayu Richard Lo |
Production company | Chun Sing Films |
| Distributed by | Chun Sing Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Cantonese Vietnamese Mandarin |
| Box office | HK$13,098,194 |
Plot
editLau Kai Cho (Andy Lau) travels to Vietnam for a story. Once in Vietnam, he briefly meets Yuen Hung (Cherie Chung), a translator and is involved in an accident after crashing a motorised rickshaw. The courts hand him a prison sentence in a strict prison where he is subject to a number of horrible punishments.
While in prison, he meets Yuen's brother, upon his release, Lau and Yuen become more friendly until Lau is imprisoned again for anti-government activity. Sentenced to 3 years he plots to escape from prison taking Yuen Hung's brother with him.
Cast
edit- Andy Lau as Lau Kai Cho
- Cherie Chung as Yuen Hung
- Sheila Chan as Lawyer Chan
- Shing Fui-On as Chen Fei Ehn
- Hung San-Nam
- Lam Wai as Hung's boyfriend
- Lau Chun-Fai
- Leung Ming
- Lung Ming-Yan as Nam
- Wai Gei-Shun
Production
editReferences
edit- ^ "Stars and Roses". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Stars and Roses". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
External links
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