Winners & Sinners

1983 1h 48m CN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 232

ActionAdventureComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sammo Hung
Teapot
Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Exhaust Pipe
Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Rookie
John Shum Kin-Fun
Curly
Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin
Vaseline
Cherie Chung Cho-Hung
Shirley
Jackie Chan
Policeman #7086
Cecilia Yip Tung
Sisi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sammo Hung
Writers: Sammo Hung, Barry Wong Ping-Yiu
Languages: Cantonese, English
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, English.

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CAST

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Part of the "Lucky Stars Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sammo Hung, shot by Ricky Lau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Sammo Hung and Richard Ng Yiu-Hon and Stanley Fung Shui-Fan carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0086605 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sammo Hung directs. Ricky Lau behind the camera. Frankie Chan Fan-Kei scores. Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung cuts. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, English.
3Part of the "Lucky Stars Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Sammo Hung, shot by Ricky Lau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sammo Hung and Richard Ng Yiu-Hon and Stanley Fung Shui-Fan carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0086605 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ricky Lau
Original score: Frankie Chan Fan-Kei
Editing: Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Costume design: Chu Sheng-Shi
Makeup / hair: Simon Chan Kwok-Hong
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $2,804,977
Original language: CN
Certification (US): 16
IMDB: Winners & Sinners (1983)

Part of

Lucky Stars Collection

Lucky Stars (or Five Lucky Stars; (Chinese: 福星系列、五福星) was a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s, blending Chinese martial arts with bawdy comedy. The films featured an ensemble cast, with many of the actors appearing in successive films. The characters of the Five Lucky Stars were originally petty criminals recently out of prison, who started their own cleaning company. By the second film, the cleaning company idea was discarded, and the bumbling gang were instead employed to assist the police.