The Story of Woo Viet
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The Story of Woo Viet is a 1981 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Ann Hui, notable as an early starring vehicle for Chow Yun-fat that explores the struggles of Vietnamese refugees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Story of Woo Viet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9802411 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Story of Woo Viet Context triple: [Chow Yun-fat, notableWork, The Story of Woo Viet]
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A.
The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi is a historical drama film depicting a British journalist’s efforts to protect a group of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Book of Wu
The Book of Wu is the section of the ancient Chinese historical text *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that chronicles the history and rulers of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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C.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a 1934 American mystery film featuring Bela Lugosi as a sinister Chinatown crime lord seeking power through a series of murders.
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D.
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
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E.
The Chink and the Child
"The Chink and the Child" is a 1916 short story by Thomas Burke, known for its tragic interracial love plot in London’s Limehouse district and for inspiring D. W. Griffith’s film "Broken Blossoms."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Story of Woo Viet Target entity description: The Story of Woo Viet is a 1981 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Ann Hui, notable as an early starring vehicle for Chow Yun-fat that explores the struggles of Vietnamese refugees.
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A.
The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi is a historical drama film depicting a British journalist’s efforts to protect a group of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Book of Wu
The Book of Wu is the section of the ancient Chinese historical text *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that chronicles the history and rulers of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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C.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a 1934 American mystery film featuring Bela Lugosi as a sinister Chinatown crime lord seeking power through a series of murders.
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D.
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
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E.
The Chink and the Child
"The Chink and the Child" is a 1916 short story by Thomas Burke, known for its tragic interracial love plot in London’s Limehouse district and for inspiring D. W. Griffith’s film "Broken Blossoms."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
God of Killers
NERFINISHED
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Woo Viet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director |
Ann Hui
NERFINISHED
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Ann Hui On-wah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorCitizenship | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorNationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| distributor | Seasonal Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Woo Viet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
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Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRuntime | approximately 90 minutes ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ social realist film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Cherie Chung
NERFINISHED
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Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED ⓘ Cora Miao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Ann Hui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime and exploitation
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refugee experience ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| language | Cantonese ⓘ |
| leadCharacterName | Woo Viet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Vietnamese refugees
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displacement ⓘ immigration ⓘ |
| notableFor | early starring role for Chow Yun-fat ⓘ |
| partOf | Hong Kong New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Seasonal Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ann Hui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
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Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Cherie Chung
NERFINISHED
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Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED ⓘ Cora Miao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Story of Woo Viet Description of subject: The Story of Woo Viet is a 1981 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Ann Hui, notable as an early starring vehicle for Chow Yun-fat that explores the struggles of Vietnamese refugees.
Referenced by (1)
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