''Stars and Roses'' (orig. ''Ai ren tong zhi'')is a 1989

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

drama film directed by Taylor Wong 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 ...

as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and

Cherie Chung Cherie Chung Chor-hung (; born 16 February 1960) is a retired Hong Kong film actress. Of Hakka ancestry, she was one of the top actresses in Hong Kong film during the 1980s. Background Chung participated in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong competition an ...

as a Vietnamese translator.

Plot

Lau Kai Cho (Andy Lau) travels to Vietnam for a story. Once in Vietnam, he briefly meets Yuen Hung (Cherie Chung), a translator and is involved in an accident after crashing a motorised rickshaw. The courts hand him a prison sentence in a strict prison where he is subject to a number of horrible punishments. While in prison, he meets Yuen's brother, upon his release, Lau and Yuen become more friendly until Lau is imprisoned again for anti-government activity. Sentenced to 3 years he plots to escape from prison taking Yuen Hung's brother with him.

Cast

as Lau Kai Cho *

as Yuen Hung *

Sheila Chan Sheila Chin (陳淑蘭, Pinyin: Chen Shulan) is a Hong Kong actress. She was elected First Runner-Up and Miss Photogenic at the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Filmography * ''All's Well, Ends Well 2009'' (2009) * ''Love is not All Around'' (20 ...

as Lawyer Chan *

Shing Fui-On Shing Fui-On (成奎安; 1 February 1955 – 27 August 2009) was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his supporting roles in Hong Kong cinema. He had only one leading role in his entire career. Biography Shing Fui-On was the fourth of five s ...

as Chen Fei Ehn * Hung San-Nam * Lam Wai as Hung's boyfriend * Lau Chun-Fai * Leung Ming * Lung Ming-Yan as Nam * Wai Gei-Shun

Production

The film was shot in Hong Kong and Vietnam.

References

External links

* 1989 films Hong Kong war drama films 1980s Cantonese-language films 1989 drama films 1980s war drama films Films set in Vietnam Films shot in Vietnam Chinese war drama films Films directed by Taylor Wong 1980s Hong Kong films {{war-drama-film-stub