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Stars and Roses
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Plot
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.
Cast
* 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
The film was shot in Hong Kong and Vietnam.
References
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