Stars and Roses | |
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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 |
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.
Lau 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.
The film was shot in Hong Kong and Vietnam.[1][2]