Movie: Ordinary Heroes

Top 9 Billed Cast

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
黃秋生

Father Kam

Loletta Lee Lai-Chun
李麗珍

Sow Fung Tai

Lee Kang-Sheng
李康生

Lee Siu Tung

Tse Kwan-Ho
謝君豪

Councilor Yau Ming-foon

Ann Hui
許鞍華

Director in TV ad

Lawrence Ah Mon
劉國昌

Police officer

Mok Chiu-Yu
Mok Chiu-Yu

Street activist telling story of Ng Chun Yin

Ka Lee
咖喱

Nina Paw Hei-Ching
鮑起靜

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    Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories.

  • Release Date

    1999-04-10

  • Average

    7.1

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    广州话 / 廣州話
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