To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui

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To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui
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Traditional Chinese 新邊緣人
Simplified Chinese 新边缘人
Hanyu Pinyin Xīn Biān Yuán Rén
Jyutping San1 Bin1 Jyun4 Jan4
Directed by Andrew Lau
Written byRoy Szeto
Produced by Wong Jing
Starring Jacky Cheung
Tony Leung
Jacklyn Wu
Power Chan
Gigi Lai
Roy Cheung
Shing Fui-On
CinematographyCheung Man-po
Edited byAngie Lam
Music byJonathan Wong
Production
company
Upland Films Corporate
Distributed byWong Jing's Workshop
Release date
  • 13 August 1994 (1994-08-13)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$9,192,146

To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui is a 1994 Hong Kong crime film directed by Andrew Lau and starring Jacky Cheung, [1] Tony Leung, Jacklyn Wu and Power Chan. The film (sometimes referred to as New Edge Man) [2] is said to be a remake of a film titled Man on the Brink. [3]

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Plot

Crazy Lik and his friend Pong are two undercover cops who are sent to infiltrate triad leader Coffin Sing. Later as Sing is killed, the gang is split into two. Lik follows Hung Tai's side and Pong goes to the other. Lik becomes down as he is separated from his best friend and feeling responsible for Sing's death. This leads to a time where Lik gets drunk at his girlfriend Moon's mother's birthday party and making a fool of himself and Moon feels disgusted and leaves him. One time in a bar, Lik meets triad member Milky Fai, who helps Lik out to get good with Hung Tai and his sister Po. Milky Fai is actually a former undercover cop who has his own problems. Later on, Lik must decide whether or not to betray the triad brothers he has grown very close to completing the case for his superior whom he really hates and who is hitting on his girlfriend.

Cast

Box office

The film grossed HK$9,192,146 at the Hong Kong box office in its theatrical run from 13 August to 7 September 1994 in Hong Kong.

Award nomination

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References

  1. ↑ Stokes, Lisa Odham; Braaten, Rachel (15 January 2020). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-5381-2062-0.
  2. ↑ Charles, John (14 June 2015). The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997: A Reference Guide to 1,100 Films Produced by British Hong Kong Studios. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-0262-2.
  3. ↑ Davis, Darrell; Yeh, Emilie Yueh-yu (25 July 2019). East Asian Screen Industries. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-83871-548-9.
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