A Better Tomorrow 3
| A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon | |
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| Traditional | 英雄本色3-夕陽之歌 |
| Simplified | 英雄本色3-夕阳之歌 |
| Mandarin | Yīng Xióng Běn Sè Sān – Xī Yáng Zhī Gē |
| Cantonese | Jing1 Hung4 Bun2 Sik1 Saam1 – Zik6 Joeng4 Zi1 Go1 |
| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
| Produced by | Tsui Hark |
| Screenplay by | Edward Leung Tai Foo-ho |
| Story by | Tsui Hark |
| Starring |
Chow Yun-fat Anita Mui Tony Leung |
| Music by | Lowell Lo |
| Cinematography | Horace Wong Yun Chun-wah Chik Kim-kiy |
| Edited by |
Marco Mak Tsui Hark David Wu |
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| Distributed by | Golden Princess Film Production |
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145 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language |
Cantonese English Vietnamese |
| Box office | HK$18,476,116 |
A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (Chinese: 英雄本色3-夕陽之歌) is a 1989 Hong Kong action drama film co-produced and directed by Tsui Hark. It is a loosely based prequel to John Woo's A Better Tomorrow and A Better Tomorrow II.
The film was directed by Tsui Hark, the producer behind the first two films in the series. John Woo wrote a screenplay for a third installment, but he never got to direct it due to having had artistic differences with Tsui during the filming of the second film. Instead, the original screenplay later became Bullet in the Head. The two films have many parallels, most notably, both being set in the Vietnam War.
The film stars Chow Yun-fat, who reprises his role of Mark Gor from the first film, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Anita Mui. Set during the Vietnam War, it sets up the story of how Mark became the character he was in the original film. The second part of the title Love & Death in Saigon (夕陽之歌 or Song of the Setting Sun in Chinese) is also the title song for this movie, sung by Anita Mui, who was also the leading lady in this third installment.
In 1974, during the final days of the Vietnam War, Mark Lee arrives in Saigon, intending to bring his uncle and cousin Michael Cheung Chi-mun back to Hong Kong with him. After arriving at the airport, Mark is confined by corrupt security guards who strip and attempt to rob him, but he is saved by Chow Ying-kit, who seems to have some measure of influence.
Mark and Michael later encounter Kit in a nightclub, where they discover the woman is a criminal and gun runner. Kit takes an interest in the cousins and invites them to accompany her on a deal with a local Vietnamese warlord. The deal goes bad, but the three escape. Kit is impressed with the way Mark and Michael handled themselves and helps them escape Vietnam, taking them under her wing.
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