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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Traditional Chinese愛人同志
Simplified Chinese爱人同志
Hanyu PinyinÀi Rén Tóng Zhì
JyutpingNgoi3 Jan4 Tung4 Zi3
Directed byTaylor Wong
Screenplay byKo Chung Wai
Produced byYuen Kam Lun
StarringAndy Lau
Cherie Chung
CinematographyHerman Yau
Puccini Yu
Edited byA Chik
Chung Chik
Music byLo Tayu
Richard Lo
Production
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Chun Sing Films
Distributed byChun Sing Films
Release date
  • 21 December 1989 (1989-12-21)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Vietnamese
Mandarin
Box officeHK$13,098,194

Plot

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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

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Production

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The film was shot in Hong Kong and Vietnam.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Stars and Roses". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Stars and Roses". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
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