Casino Tycoon is a 1992 Hong Kong film written, produced and directed by Wong Jing

Wong Jing

Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker possessed of strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he is often cited as the most consistently successful filmmaker , in commercial terms, in the Hong Kong cinema of the last...

 starring Andy Lau

Andy Lau

Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

 and Chingmy Yau

Chingmy Yau

Chingmy Yau is a Hong Kong actress who no longer takes part in films although she is not formally retired.Yau entered the Hong Kong film industry after competing in the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant....

. It was followed by the sequel Casino Tycoon II, which was released the same year.

Summary

Set in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Casino Tycoon chronicles the story of Benny, a young graduate played by Andy Lau, who flees Hong-Kong during the Japanese invasion and heads for gambling haven Macau

Macau

Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

. Once in Macau, he impresses a local business man who has ties to organised crime, he slowly builds his way up in the ranks of the Macau underworld which ultimately leads to trouble.

Cast and roles

• Andy Lau
  Andy Lau
  Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
  
   - Benny Ho Hsin
• Chingmy Yau
  Chingmy Yau
  Chingmy Yau is a Hong Kong actress who no longer takes part in films although she is not formally retired.Yau entered the Hong Kong film industry after competing in the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant....
  
   - Mei
• Paul Chun
  Paul Chun (actor)
  Paul Chun Pui is a Hong Kong based actor.He is the brother of actor David Chiang and half-brother of actor/ director Derek Yee Tung-Shing. His son Benji Chiang and his daughter Lesley Chiang are duo in the pop group "Benji and Lesley". Paul started his acting career at the age of three...
  
   - Wong Chang
• Kwan Hoi-Shan - Fu Lao-Cha
• Wilson Lam - Fu Chia-Chin
• Lau Siu-Ming - Nieh Ao-Tien
• Alex Man
  Alex Man
  Alex Man , Hong Kong actor who has played leading roles in numerous movies and television serials.Born in Hong Kong, Alex Man joined ATV in 1970s, casting some TV drama. He became popular when joining TVB in 1980s, in which he had been the main character of several TV drama with big production...
  
   - Kuo Ying-Nan
• Joey Wong
  Joey Wong
  Joey Wong is a Hong Kong based Taiwanese-born actress.-Biography:Wong was born on January 31, 1967 and raised in Taipei and also received a secondary school education there. She was enrolled in the drama course of Kuo Kwan Arts School...
  
   - Vivian Chang Lo-Erh
• Wong Yut-Fei - Dentist
• April Tung
• Chin Tsi-ang
  Chin Tsi-Ang
  Chin Tsi-Ang , also Chin Tsi-ang and Chi Chi-Ang, was one among the earliest martial-arts actors of the Chinese film industry, and the first female star...