''Dragon in Jail'' is a 1990

Hong Kong action film Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. Action films from Hong Kong have roots in Chinese culture, Chinese and Culture of Hong Kong, Hong Kong cultures including Chinese opera, storytelling an ...

directed by

Kent Cheng Kent Cheng Jak-si (born 22 May 1951) is a Hong Kong film and television actor. He is a two time recipient of the best actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Biography Cheng was born in a poor family in Hong Kong.Interview of Be my Guest, TVB, ...

and starring

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah (; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maint ...

Kenny Ho Kenny Ho Kar-king (born 29 December 1959) is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop/Mandopop singer. He was best known for his role as Zhan Zhao in the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese television series '' Justice Bao'' from 1993 to 2012, and is also known ...

and

Gigi Lai Gigi Lai (born 1 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. Entering the entertainment industry in 1985, Lai was under a contract with the television station TVB from 1991 until she retired in 2008. Nicknamed by the Hong Kong media as the " ...

Plot

Wayne Cheung (

) is a rich heir who impulsively committed a crime because he was unable to accept the fact that his mother remarried. After being sentenced to prison, he is bullied by his inmates but is helped by his roommate Henry (

), whom he befriends. After release, Wayne goes to study law in Britain while Henry joins the triads due to his family environment. Two years later, Cheung returns and becomes a lawyer while Henry also becomes a gang leader. Due to his conflict with another triad leader Charlie Ma ( William Ho), Henry's pregnant wife Winnie (

) is raped and killed. Henry later takes revenge on Ma, and although successful, he is imprisoned again and Wayne becomes his defensive lawyer. With the help of Wayne and his friend Skinny (John Ching), will Henry be released from prison?

Cast

as Henry Tse *

as Wayne Cheung *

as Winnie Sung *

Lung Fong Jimmy Lung Fong (龍方) was a Hong Kong actor, film director, and action choreographer. Lung was best known to moviegoers for his frequent portrayal of villains in various Hong Kong films, most notably in films made by Wong Jing. Lung retired ...

as CK Chong *John Ching as Skinny * William Ho as Charlie Ma *Melvin Wong as Prison officer *Tomi Wong as Wayne's mother *Wai Kei-shun as Wayne's stepfather *Victor Hon as Henry's father *Lam Yin-ming as Mandy *Lam Chung as Sergeant Fung *Stephen Chang *Shing Fuk-on as Brother Bull *Leung Kam-san as Sean Man Cheung Hung *Law Shu-kei as Judge *Lau Yuk-kei as Peter *Yeung Kin-wai *Jimmy Sin *Lee Chun-kit as Sergeant Fung's assistant *Kong Foo-keung as Triad *Gary Chan *Gloria Lam *Fung Chi-sing *Billy Lam *Lit Foo *Rolf Chow *Cheung Kwong-lun *Kong Kin-san *Yam Hok-chung *Tse Kai-ming *Lam Che-chung *Wong Leun-cheung *Xie De-ming *Ho Chi-moon *Simon Cheung *KK Wong *Chun Kwai-po as Thug *Cheung Siu *Choi Sai *Wong Man-chun

Theme song

*''Red Angel'' (紅塵天使) **Composer: Steve Chow **Lyricist:

**Singer: Andy Lau

Box office

The film grossed HK$10,451,120 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 27 September to 24 October 1990 in

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External links

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*{{IMDb title, 0100995 1990 films 1990 martial arts films 1990 action films 1990s prison films Hong Kong martial arts films Hong Kong action films Hong Kong prison films Triad films 1990s Cantonese-language films Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong Films directed by Kent Cheng 1990s Hong Kong films

Plot

Cast

Theme song

Box office

See also

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