People's Hero (film)

People's Hero
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 by	Derek 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
Cinematography	Wilson Chan
Edited by	Ma 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
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$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.

Plot

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

Cast

• Ti Lung as Sunny Koo, ex-con gangster ^{[2] [3]}
• Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Sai
• Tony Leung Ka-fai as Captain Chan, hostage negotiator ^[2]
• Elaine Jin as Lotus ^[2]
• Siu-Fong Lai ^[2]
• Paul Chun as Captain Cheung
• Bowie Lam as K.W. Poon
• Ronald Wong as William Wong (Boney)
• Sabrina Ho as Bank customer
• Benz Kong as Bank customer
• Jessie Lee as Bank customer

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
Ceremony	Category	Recipient	Outcome
7th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Tony Leung Chiu-wai	Won
		Ronald Wong	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Elaine Jin	Won
Golden Horse Awards	Best Actor	Ti Lung	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Elaine Jin	Nominated

References

1. "People's Hero". hkfilm.net. 1987. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
2. Saroch, Andrew (11 May 2015). "People's Hero". fareastfilms.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
3. "People's Hero". lovehkfilm.com. 1987. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

External links

• People's Hero at IMDb