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Whampoa Blues
19890 CN
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5.8
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★5.8TMDB · 6
Synopsis
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Chung and Kin grow up together at Rennie Mill Area with quite different characters. They were admitted into the Whampoa Military Training School at Taiwan. On the way to School, Kin and Chung met with other schoolmates in a train - Cheng, Lin and Wu. The mischievous kin got into trouble with other schoolmates and was punished on the first day of their arrival. The Training Officer, Lam was so strike with his training programme that everyone suffered. Under the mutual care and help, everyone got promoted. However, Cheng was advised not to take part in the field practice for his feebleness. Cheng insisted on trying. At the field practice, Wu, Chung, Kin and Cheng incidentally discovered an ammunition smuggling, this led them to fatal attack.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Max Mok Siu-Chung
Luo Ying Cong
Wilson Lam Chun-Yin
Lin Guo Zheng
Kenny Ho Ka-King
Cheng Guo Jin
Michael Miu Kiu-Wai
Trainer Lin Da Wei
Idy Chan Yuk-Lin
Austin Wai Tin-Chi
Blackie Ko Sau-Leung
Tien Feng
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Blackie Ko Sau-Leung
- Writers
- Barry Wong Ping-Yiu
- Languages
- Cantonese
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The take
Blackie Ko Sau-Leung directs. Dialogue in Cantonese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Max Mok Siu-Chung and Wilson Lam Chun-Yin and Kenny Ho Ka-King carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0101014 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- 0
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- CN
Also by
Blackie Ko Sau-Leung
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1990-01-05
Also known as
International titles
- Zhuang zhi hao qingCN
- Whampoa BluesUS
