9° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Special Event - Hong Kong 1985-1991
Ying hung boon sik II
by John Woo
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1987
Duration: 105'
Ho is released from prison after serving time for his previous activities. A reformed man, he enthusiastically offers his assistance to Kit and his police colleagues in a dangerous "sting" operation being set up to trap a major underworld figure. Part of the problem is to save the life of Lung who is targeted for assassination. Ho and Kit bring Lung to NYC to hide him with Ken, who is living quietly as a restaurant owner. Lung suffers a massive trauma with the death of his daughter losing everything he holds dear and goes through a complete nervous breakdown, becoming practically catatonic. Ken has his hands full defending this human vegetable, keeping him out of the line of fire, while under attack by assassins. Now incensed, Ken brings Lung back to Hong Kong to confront the evil Ko. Kit is killed, devastating Ho. Lung recovers and together with Ken and Ho, the three men, in samurailike fashion, deal with the mob in a final climatic and bloody confrontation.
Biography
film director
John Woo
John Woo (Guangzhou) trained at the Matteo Ricci College in Hong Kong. He was actor in and member of the Chinese Student Weekly's Theatre Company and started making experimental films at the age of nineteen. In 1971 Woo was assistant director Io Zhang Che on Boxer from Shantung and The Blood Brothers. He made his debut in 1973 with the first of three kung fu films. In 1986 he directed A Better Tomorrow, which was a box-office hit in South East Asia.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Young Dragons (1973), The Dragon Tamers (1974), Countdown in Kung Fu (1975), Princess Chang Ping (1975), Money Crazy (1977), Follow the Star (1977), Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1978), From Rags to Riches (1979), To Hell with the Devil (1981), Laughing Times (1981), Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982), The Sunset Warrior (1983), The Time You Need a Friend (1984), Run Tiger Run (1985), A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Killer (1989), Bullet in the Head (1990).
Cast
& Credits
Director: John Woo.
Screenplay: John Woo, Tsui Hark.
Director of photography: Won Wing Hung.
Art director: Andy Li.
Editor: Cinema City (Film Production).
Music: Joseph Koo.
Cast and characters: Chow Yun Fat (Ken), Leslie Cheung (Sung Tze Kit), Ti Lung (Sung Tze Ho), Dean Shek (Lung) Kwan Shan (Yo Ying Ping).
Production company: Film Workshop Co. Ltd., 6/17, 742744 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, tel. 8523919988, fax 8527891365.
Foreign sales agent: Golden Princess Amusement Co. Ltd., 6/F, 742744 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, tel. 8523919988, fax 8527891365.
Screenplay: John Woo, Tsui Hark.
Director of photography: Won Wing Hung.
Art director: Andy Li.
Editor: Cinema City (Film Production).
Music: Joseph Koo.
Cast and characters: Chow Yun Fat (Ken), Leslie Cheung (Sung Tze Kit), Ti Lung (Sung Tze Ho), Dean Shek (Lung) Kwan Shan (Yo Ying Ping).
Production company: Film Workshop Co. Ltd., 6/17, 742744 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, tel. 8523919988, fax 8527891365.
Foreign sales agent: Golden Princess Amusement Co. Ltd., 6/F, 742744 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, tel. 8523919988, fax 8527891365.
