A Hero Never Dies | |
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Directed by | Johnnie To |
Produced by | Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai |
Written by |
Szeto Kam-yuen Yau Nai-hoi Milkyway Creative Team |
Starring |
Leon Lai Lau Ching-wan |
Music by | Raymond Wong |
Cinematography | Cheng Siu-Keung |
Edited by | Chan Chi-wai |
Production
company |
Milkyway Image
Film City Co. Ltd. |
Release date
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30 September 1998 |
Running time
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86 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$6,360,165.00 |
A Hero Never Dies (Chinese: 真心英雄; pinyin: Zhen xin ying xiong; Cantonese Yale: Chan sam ying hung; literal title: True Heart Hero) is a 1998 Hong Kong action crime drama, and the first Milkyway Image film to be directed by Johnnie To.
Starring Leon Lai and Lau Ching-wan, A Hero Never Dies is a heroic bloodshed tale centering on the friendship and rivalry of two Triads in the midst of a gang war. The film has often been compared to the 1986 Hong Kong film A Better Tomorrow as both men wind up being betrayed by their bosses.