Story of a Discharged Prisoner
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Director Kong Lung Music director Eddie Wang Duration Country Hong Kong | 7/10 Genre Action, Drama Screenplay Kong Lung Writer Kong Lung Language Cantonese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1967 Initial release September 13, 1967 (Hong Kong) Cast Tsai-Jung Chan , Chi Chou , Ping Do , Hui Ying-Ying , Ling Ka , Tsun Liu Similar movies Prison on Fire (1987), Mr Cinema (2007), The Way We Are (2008), Song of the Exile (1990), Night and Fog (2009) |
Story of a Discharged Prisoner (英雄本色; lit. "True Colors of a Hero"), also called Upright Repenter, is a 1967 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Lung Kong.
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The film partially inspired the 1986 John Woo film A Better Tomorrow, which has the same Chinese name.
Cast and roles
Awards
In 2005, Story of a Discharged Prisoner was ranked 39th on the Hong Kong Film Awards list of the Top 100 Chinese Films. It was ranked number 21 on TimeOut Hong Kong Greatest 100 Hong Kong Films.
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