People's Hero (film)

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People's Hero
PeoplesHero.jpg
Film poster
Traditional Chinese 人民英雄
Simplified Chinese 人民英雄
Hanyu Pinyin Rēnmēn Yīngxióng
Jyutping Jan4 man4 jing1 hung4
Directed by Derek Yee
Written byDerek Yee
Keith Lee
Kwan Yiu-wing
Produced by John Shum
Starring Ti Lung
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Elaine Jin
Paul Chun
Bowie Lam
Ronald Wong
CinematographyWilson Chan
Edited byMa Chung-yiu
Music by Lowell Lo
Production
companies
Long Shong Pictures
Maverick Films
Distributed by Maverick Films
Release date
  • 3 December 1987 (1987-12-03)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$3,983,421

People's Hero is a 1987 Hong Kong thriller film written and directed by Derek Yee and starring Ti Lung. The film was nominated for three Hong Kong Film Awards, where Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Elaine Jin won the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards respectively, while Ronald Wong was nominated in the former category as well.

Contents

Plot

The film is about a bank robbery that goes wrong. [1]

Cast

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
CeremonyCategoryRecipientOutcome
7th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai Won
Ronald WongNominated
Best Supporting Actress Elaine Jin Won
Golden Horse Awards Best Actor Ti Lung Nominated
Best Supporting ActressElaine JinNominated

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References

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