Film · 1991

King of Chess

Name: King of Chess
Director: Yim Ho
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991-09-06

110 min · Directed by Yim Ho

Drama

6.916
ratings

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

Cast

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Wang Yisheng

John Shum Kin-Fun

Ching Ling

Yim Ho

Chung

Y

Yang Lin

Jade mui

W

Wong Sing Fong

Little Chess King

King Shih-chieh

Lanky Ngai

John Chan Koon-Chung

Prof. Lau Yue Bok

L

Liu Ming

Vice Chairman Lam

O Sing-Pui

Crew

Director: Yim Ho, Tsui Hark
Producer: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsui Hark
Writer: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yim Ho
Editor: Marco Mak Chi-Sin
Cinematography: Poon Hang-Sang, Yang Wei-han, Law Wan-Shing
Composer: Lo Ta-Yu

Details

Studios: Golden Princess Amusement Co., Ltd., Film Workshop
Countries: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese
Release: September 6, 1991

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