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'Gangs' is a 1988 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It was Lawrence Ah Mon's debut feature film.

Cast and roles



* Ricky Ho Pui Tung

* Eleven Leung Sap Yat

* Ma Hin Ting

* Tse Wai Kit

* Karel Wong Chi Yeung

* Lee Ho Ban

* Chan Tsung

Reception



Film critic Paul Fonoroff wrote, "Gangs [was] a milestone in Hong Kong cinematic neorealism and one of the more affecting probes into the city's adolescent gang culture" and that the 2008 film 'Besieged City' by Lawrence Ah Mon was its "21st-century sequel".

Awards and nominations

'Gangs' was nominated four times at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1989:

* Best Film

* Best Director - Lawrence Ah Mon

* Best New Performer - Ho Pui Tung

* Best Editing - Fo San, Kwok Keung and Lau Kwok Cheung

References




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