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Story of a Discharged Prisoner (英雄本色; lit. "True Colors of a Hero") is a 1967 Hong Kong film

Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

directed by Patrick Lung Kong.

The film partially inspired the 1986 John Woo

John Woo

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...

film A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow is a 1986 Hong Kong action film which had a profound influence on the Hong Kong film-making industry, and later on an international scale.Directed by John Woo, it stars Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung...

, which has the same Chinese name.

Cast and roles

Patrick Tse - Lee Cheuk-hong
Patsy Ka Ling - Mak Siyan
Wong Wai - Lee Chi-sum
Shih Kien
Shih Kien
Shek Wing-cheung , better known as Shih Kien, was a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. He is sometimes credited as Shek Kin or Kien Shih...

- One-eyed Dragon
Chan Tsai-Jung
Chow Gat
Do Ping
Hui Ying-Ying
Liu Tsun
Patrick Lung Kong
Mak Kei
Ma Xiaoying
Meng Li
Sai Gwa-pau
Chan Chung Gin
Monita Lopez
Fung Fung

Awards

In 2005, Story of a Discharged Prisoner was ranked 39th on the Hong Kong Film Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards

The Hong Kong Film Awards , founded in 1982, are the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among the most respected in mainland China and Taiwan. Award ceremonies are held annually, typically in April. The Awards recognize achievement in all aspects of filmmaking, such as directing,...

list of the Top 100 Chinese Films.

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