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RUNTIME
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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Boxer's Story
2004 1h 28m CN
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7.7
BANGER
★7.7TMDB · 3
DramaAction
Synopsis
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Wah Sang was a boxing champion seven years ago. He now works at a garage and cares for his seven-year-old son Henry. They live a small apartment and Wah spends much of his time gambling and drinking. Henry wants Wah, whom he addresses by that name him to return to boxing, but Wah is hesitant because he suffered a brain injury.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Yuen Biao
Wah Sang
Eric Tsang
Wu
Lam Suet
Uncle Keun
Chin Ka-Lok
Fung
Gloria Yip Wan-Yee
Susan
Jonathan Lee Yat-Sing
Jackie Lui Chung-Yin
Onitsuka Ng Kin-Chung
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ivan Lai Kai-Ming
- Languages
- Cantonese, English
- Countries
- Hong Kong
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The take
Ivan Lai Kai-Ming directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 22 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, English.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang and Lam Suet carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0449871 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 88 min · 1h 28m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- CN
Also by
Ivan Lai Kai-Ming
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2004-01-01
