A Better Tomorrow
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A Better Tomorrow is a landmark 1986 Hong Kong action film that helped define the heroic bloodshed genre and launched director John Woo and star Chow Yun-fat to international fame.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Better Tomorrow II | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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action film ⓘ film ⓘ heroic bloodshed film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Story by Leung Yiu-ting ⓘ |
| boxOfficeRegion | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Wong Wing-hang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | John Woo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Cinema City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
A Better Tomorrow II
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A Better Tomorrow III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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crime ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasRemake | A Better Tomorrow (2010 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hong Kong action cinema
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heroic bloodshed films ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Chow Yun-fat
NERFINISHED
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Leslie Cheung NERFINISHED ⓘ Ti Lung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Mark Lee
NERFINISHED
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Sung Tse-ho NERFINISHED ⓘ Sung Tse-kit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Joseph Koo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping define the heroic bloodshed genre
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launching Chow Yun-fat to international fame ⓘ launching John Woo to international fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Cantonese ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1986-08-02 ⓘ |
| portrays |
police officer
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triad members ⓘ |
| producer |
John Woo
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Tsui Hark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cinema City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Chan Hing-kai
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John Woo NERFINISHED ⓘ Leung Suk-wah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Chow Yun-fat
NERFINISHED
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Emily Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Cheung NERFINISHED ⓘ Ti Lung NERFINISHED ⓘ Waise Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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