Presented in a rare 35mm print, Johnny Mak’s directorial debut is a seminal film that established the Hong Kong gangster movie genre and is now one of the Hong Kong Film Archive’s 100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies. Lam Wai plays Tung, the leader of a gang of former soldiers living on the edge of poverty in mainland China. Desperate to change their situation, they hatch a plot to rob a Hong Kong jewelry store and return to China with their spoils. This dream of easy riches falters upon the gang’s arrival in Hong Kong, where they are pursued by enemies on both sides of the law.
Film print supplied by the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (Dir.: Johnny Mak, Hong Kong, 1984, 100 min., 35mm, Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles)