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Meng zhong ren [1986]

Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Year of Production: 1986
Running Times: 95 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Tak Bo / Chu Shing
Executive Producer: Dickson Poon (real name: Poon Dik Sang)
Producer: Vicky Leung (real name: Leung Lee Siu Ha)

SCRIPT
Script: Manfred Wong, Yau Daai On Ping

DIRECTION
Director: Tony Au (real name: Au Ting-Ping)
Assistant Director: Stanley Kwan (real name: Kwan Kam-Pang)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Bill Wong (real name: Wong Chung-Piu)

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Chui Ma Chiu

MUSIC
Music: Law Wing Fai

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: William Chang (real name: Chang Suk-Ping)

CAST
Chow Yun Fat [Song Yu]
Brigitte Lin (real name: Lin Ching-Hsia) [Cheung Yuet-Heung]
Shek Yee Yeung (real name: Yeung Suet-Yee) [Wah-Lei]
San Kwan [Hark-Nam]
Chung Lam [Li Chang]
Wong Man-Lei
Billy Ching (real name: Ching Sau Yat)
Elaine Kam (real name: Kam Yin-Ling)

SUMMARY

Sung Yu begins to have visions of a terracotta warrior with his face and his girlfriend's grandmother, a blind witch, warns him that he was once a Chin Dynasty warrior. The woman he also dreams of is a lover from his former life who has been reicarnated as a jewelry designer.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Rim

AWARDS

1987
Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong
Best Original Film Score [Wing-fai Law] - winner
Best Art Direction [William Chang] - nominated
Best Cinematography [Bill Wong] - nominated
Best Supporting Actress [Shek Yee Yeung] - nominated

TIMELINE

1986
April

25: Hong Kong – theatrical release

May
14: Hong Kong - initial theatrical run ends

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dream Lovers
Mung chung yan
- Cantonese title

KEYWORDS

reincarnation

 


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