A Better Tomorrow II 1987  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Dean Shek, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Kwan Shan, Regina Kent, Lung Ming Yan, Shing Fui-On, Ken Boyle, Dean Harrington, Mark King, Waise Lee, Siu-Ming Lau
Following the highly successful "A Better Tomorrow," John Woo brings a sequel that is filled with intense scenes as twin brothers, aided by two other brothers, seek revenge on a notorious gang.
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A Better Tomorrow 1986  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Emily Chu, Waise Lee, Shing Fui-On, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Yangzi Shi, Hsieh Wang, Hark Tsui, Chi Fai Chan, Feng Tien, Stephen Chow, Hing Ying Kam
Ho Tse Sung (Ti Lung) and Kit Sung (Leslie Cheung) are two brothers whose lifestyles have diverged along very different paths. Ho Tse is a police officer, and Kit has turned to a life of crime. Now, recently released from prison, Kit wants to go straight but cannot shake his mob connections, and his brother still blames him for their father's death. A major hit when released in Hong Kong.
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Days of Being Wild 1991 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Danilo Antunes, Hung Mei-Mei, Ling Ling Hung, Tita Munoz, Alicia Alonzo
Director Wong Kar Wai's second film is set in 1960s' Hong Kong where handsome Yuddy (Leslie Cheung) dallies with two women unable to choose between them. Yuddy was raised by his ex-prostitute aunt (Rebecca Pan) who would not reveal the name of his birth-mother–until she makes plans to move to the U.S. When Yuddy learns that his birth-mother is in the Philippines, he heads there in pursuit.
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Feng Yue 1996  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Temptress Moon
Director: Chen Kaige
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, He Saifei, Zhang Shi, Lin Lianqun, Ge Xiangting, David Wu, Zhou Yiemang, Ko Hsiang-ting
This is a beautifully filmed–but confusing–story about a family's involvement with incest and opium addiction in early 20th-century China.
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He's a Woman, She's a Man 1994 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Peter Chan, Chi Lee
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Carina Lau, Anita Yuen, Eric Tsang, Jordan Chan, Lawrence Cheng, Law Kar-Ying, Jerry Lamb
Wing (Anita Yuen)–a huge fan of superstar singer Rose (Carina Lau) and Rose's producer, Sam (Leslie Cheung)–gets a chance to meet her idols when she enters a talent contest in which she masquerades as a boy. Rose and Sam fall for her, and troubles multiply as Sam begins to question his own sexuality when he is drawn to Wing.
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Once a Thief 1990 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Chu Kong, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, David Wu
John Woo moves away from his violent films for this action/comedy caper. A trio of art thieves was brought up by a foster father and crime boss (Kenneth Tsang). They steal and romance their way across Europe and are on the verge of quitting the business. But when their foster father insists they steal a "cursed" painting and they are double-crossed, a new strategy must be developed.
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Who's the Woman, Who's the Man 1996 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Peter Chan
Cast: Anita Yuen, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Eric Tsang, Ann Hui, Carina Lao, Teresa Lee, Jordan Chan, Emil Chau, Tat-Ming Cheung
This sequel picks up where "He's a Woman, She's a Man" left off. Young Chi Wing (Anita Yuen) dresses like a man to get the attention of Sam (Leslie Cheung), and it works–until she wins an award as best new male singer. When she says on stage that she loves Sam, the rumors begin regarding gay lovers. Enter pop star Fan Fan (Anita Mui) and Chi Wing becomes attracted to her.
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| 1. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
2. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
3. Days of Being Wild (1991)
4. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
5. Feng Yue (1996)
aka: Temptress Moon
6. Happy Together (1997)
7. He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994)
8. Once a Thief (1990)
9. Who's the Woman, Who's the Man (1996)
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