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Flaming Brothers is a 1987 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Joe Cheung. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Alan Tang, Pat Ha and Jenny Tseng. The film was shot in Hong Kong, Macau and Thailand.

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Flaming Brothers
Film poster
Traditional	江湖龍虎鬥
Simplified	江湖龙虎斗
Mandarin	Jiāng Hú Lóng Hǔ Dòu
Cantonese	Gong1 Wu4 Lung4 Fu2 Dau3
Directed by	Joe Cheung
Screenplay by	Wong Kar-wai
Produced by	Alan Tang
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Alan Tang Pat Ha Jenny Tseng Patrick Tse James Yi Philip Chan Norman Chui
Cinematography	Jingle Ma
Edited by	Poon Hung
Music by	Violet Lam Stephen Shing The Melody Bank Bruton Music
Production company	In-Gear Film
Distributed by	Golden Harvest Media Asia
Release date	30 July 1987 (1987-07-30)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$15,741,778

Plot

Alan Chan (Alan Tang) and Cheung Ho-tin (Chow Yun-fat) are orphans wandering in the streets of Macau who became sworn brothers together, they make a living by stealing. One day, while Tin was stealing food in a church, he is discovered by Ho Ka-hei (Pat Ha), who encourages him not to steal and subsequently brings food to him and his friends everyday until one day, when Ka-hei was adopted and the two farewell in tears. Alan and Tin struggles very hard and finally succeeds and become triad leaders. During a gang warfare, Alan and Tin kill Chiu, the underling of a major Macau triad leader Ko Lo-sei (Patrick Tse). Ko mobilizes his men to seek revenge but the strong-willed Alan strikes back. Then, the cunning Ko pretends to reconcile with Alan and provides news for Alan to traffic arms in Thailand. However, the arms dealer turns out to be Ko's rival, Uncle Pui, and Alan nearly lost his life. With his extraordinary courage, Alan gains Pui's trust and successfully makes business. At the same time, Alan also meets Macau singer Jenny and falls in love with her and brings her back to Macau. While Alan was highlighting danger in Thailand, Tin re-encounters Ka-hei in a Catholic school and after lay each other's heart bare, they get engaged. However, Ka-hei requests Tin to leave the underworld and wants to lead a peaceful life in Hong Kong. Tin summons his courage to tell Alan about this, but Alan, while preparing big business with Tin, becomes enraged. Having to choose between his lover and his brother, Tin sadly leaves Alan. When Ko discovers that Alan safely returned from Thailand, he falls out with him and annexes all his purchased arms, formally declaring war with Alan. Later, Alan falls into Ko's trap and becomes encircled where his underlings are fully wiped out and Jenny is also killed from protecting him. Alan decides to single-highhandedly deal with Ko. In Hong Kong, Tin hears news of it and leaves his beloved wife and returns to Macau to fight with Ko alongside Alan in a gunfight where after a fierce battle, the trio dies together.

Cast

Theme song

• I Am Just a Person (我祇是個人)
  • Composer: Violet Lam
  • Lyricist: Calvin Poon
  • Singer: Su Rui

Box office

The film grossed HK$15,741,778 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run 30 July to 18 August 1987 in Hong Kong.

See also

• Chow Yun-fat filmography
• List of Hong Kong films

External links

• Flaming Brothers at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Flaming Brothers at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• Flaming Brothers at IMDb
• Flaming Brothers at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] Flaming Brothers

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[ru] Огненные братья

«Огненные братья» (англ. Flaming Brothers / кит. 江湖龍虎門) — фильм 1987 года гонконгского режиссёра Джо Чжана. Автором сценария выступил Вонг Карвай. Действие фильма происходит в Гонконге и на Тайване. Премьера состоялась 30 июля 1987 года в Гонконге.

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