Prison on Fire

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Prison on Fire is a 1987 Hong Kong action-drama film directed by Ringo Lam, renowned for its gritty depiction of prison life and one of Chow Yun-fat’s most acclaimed performances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hong Kong film
action film
film
cinematographyBy Andrew Lau NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Hong Kong NERFINISHED
director Ringo Lam NERFINISHED
distributor Cinema City NERFINISHED
editedBy Mak Tai-kit NERFINISHED
era 1980s Hong Kong cinema
featuresCharacter Ching NERFINISHED
Lo Ka-yiu NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Hong Kong NERFINISHED
followedBy Prison on Fire II NERFINISHED
genre action
drama
prison film
hasDirector Ringo Lam NERFINISHED
hasMainActor Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED
Tony Leung Ka-fai NERFINISHED
hasTheme corruption
friendship
institutional violence
survival
language Cantonese
musicBy Lowell Lo NERFINISHED
notableFor gritty depiction of prison life
one of Chow Yun-fat’s most acclaimed performances
originalTitle 監獄風雲 NERFINISHED
partOf Hong Kong prison film cycle NERFINISHED
producer Karl Maka NERFINISHED
productionCompany Cinema City NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1987-11-19
releaseYear 1987
runtimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Ringo Lam NERFINISHED
sequel Prison on Fire II NERFINISHED
setIn Hong Kong NERFINISHED
setting prison
starring Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED
Roy Cheung NERFINISHED
Shing Fui-On NERFINISHED
Tony Leung Ka-fai NERFINISHED
Victor Wong NERFINISHED
writtenInLanguage Chinese

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Chow Yun-fat notableWork Prison on Fire
Chow Yun-fat notableWork Prison on Fire
this entity surface form: Prison on Fire II