''Blood Stained Tradewinds'' is a 1990

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directed by

Chor Yuen Chor Yuen (), born Cheung Po-kin (; 8 October 1934 – 21 February 2022), was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and actor. Chor is credited with over 120 films as director, over 70 films as a writer and over 40 films as an actor. Early ...

and starring

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, Alex Fong and

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Plot

Sing ( Alex Fong) and Hung (

) grew up in a triad gang where they developed a great relationship with Uncle Lung's (Pau Fong) daughter Sophia (

). Due to his old age and sickness, Lung decides to choose Sing as his successor. However, Sing refuses the offer and is kicked out of the gang. In his place, Lung chooses Hung as his successor and also arranges his marriage to Sophia. Although Hung is now gang leader, he is unable to convince others to follow him due to his aggressiveness. At the same time, the Japanese

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attacks him. Meanwhile, Sing, who is now employed by a firecracker factory, has married Fong (

) and settled down to a peaceful life with her. However, a rival gang forces Sing to return to the underworld. The gang kills Lung and kidnaps Sophia triggering a massive gang war.

Cast

as Hung *

as Sophia Chow * Alex Fong as Chan Chi-sing *

as Fong *

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as Uncle Tat *

Lo Lieh Wang Lap Tat (June 29, 1939 – November 2, 2002), better known by his stage name Lo Lieh, was an Indonesian-born Hong Kong film actor and martial artist. Lo was perhaps best known as Chao Chih-Hao in the 1972 martial arts film ''King Boxer'' ...

as Brother Ming *

Chen Kuan-tai Chen Kuan-tai (born 24 September 1945) is a martial artist and Hong Kong martial arts film star. Background A former fireman, he won a world's kungfu Championship in 1969. He has primarily appeared in Shaw Brothers productions, and was one of th ...

as Arms buyer *

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as Drunk * Pau Fong as Uncle Lung * Ng Yuen-jun as Gutsy Chao * Ricky Wong as Wai * Lam Wai as Sung Poon * Andrew Chan * Tang Cheung as Chung Yee Gang Lieutenant * Chan Chi-hung as Chung Yee Gang Lieutenant * Tam Wai-man as Ming's thug * Kuk Hin-chiu as Ming's thug * Yee Tin-hung as Ming's thug * Lam Chi-tai as Ming's thug * Lee Fat-yuen as Ming's thug * Cheung Kwok-wah as Ming's thug * Choi Kwok-keung * Fei Kin * Jack Wong * Chung Wing * Chang Sing-kwong * Lam Foo-wai * Wong Chi-ming * Lee Yiu-king * Lau Shung-fung * Kong Chuen * Ho Wing-cheung * Yiu Man-kei * Ho Hon-chau * Choi Kwok-ping * Chan Wai-to * Ma Yuk-sing

Box office

The film grossed HK$1,815,249 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 7 to 14 December 1990 in Hong Kong, and was released on

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16 January 2007.

Reception

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'' offered that while this is a Chor Yuen film, it is not one to watch in order to best know the work of Yuen, as the film would not give a viewer a look into the director's vision, just as watching ''

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'' does not allow insights into the brilliance of

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. After leaving the Shaw Bros., Yuen was working under constraints different from his earlier films. "Despite a decent cast and an okay script, Chor Yuen doesnt seem to muster much inventiveness of energy into the picture, so the result is a pretty paint by numbers entry into the gangsters and guns genre. "

References

External links

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