Chungking Express | |
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Original title | 重慶森林 |
Cantonese | Cung4 Hing3 Sam1 Lam4 |
Directed by | Wong Kar-wai |
Written by | Wong Kar-wai |
Produced by | Chan Yi-kan |
Starring | Brigitte Lin Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Faye Wong Takeshi Kaneshiro |
Cinematography | Christopher Doyle Andrew Lau (Lau Wai-Keung) |
Edited by | William Chang Kai Kit-wai Kwong Chi-Leung |
Music by | Frankie Chan Roel. A Garcia |
Production company | Jet Tone Production |
Distributed by | Ocean Shores Video (HK) Miramax Films Rolling Thunder Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Languages | Cantonese Mandarin Chinese English Japanese Hindi |
Box office | $600,200 (US)[2] $7,678,549 (HK)[1] |
Chungking Express is a 1994 drama movie made in Hong Kong. It was directed by Wong Kar-wai. The movie has two stories, one after the other. Each story is about a policeman who is unlucky in love. The main actors in the first half were Takeshi Kaneshiro and Brigitte Lin. The second half of the movie stars Tony Leung as a different policeman.[3] Valerie Chow plays the flight attendant.[3] The movie features the American song "California Dreamin'" and other songs by Faye Wong. The movie received good reviews.[4]