Movie: King of Chess

Top 9 Billed Cast

Tony Leung Ka-fai
梁家輝

Wang Yisheng

John Shum Kin-Fun
岑建勳

Ching Ling

Yim Ho
Yim Ho

Chung

Yang Lin
Yang Lin

Jade mui

Wong Sing Fong
Wong Sing Fong

Little Chess King

King Shih-chieh
金士傑

Lanky Ngai

John Chan Koon-Chung
John Chan

Prof. Lau Yue Bok

Liu Ming
Liu Ming

Vice Chairman Lam

O Sing-Pui
柯星沛

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1991-09-06

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    广州话 / 廣州話

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