King of Chess

6.5
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 110 min
  • Premiere: 1991. September 6.

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

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Tony Leung

Wang Yisheng

John Shum Kin-Fun

Ching Ling

Yim Ho

Chung

Yang Lin

Jade mui

Wong Sing Fong

Little Chess King

King Shih-Chieh

Lanky Ngai

John Chan

Prof. Lau Yue Bok

Liu Ming

Vice Chairman Lam

O Sing-Pui

Camera

Poon Hang-Sang

Director of Photography

Yang Wei-han

Director of Photography

Law Wan-Shing

Director of Photography

Directing

Yim Ho

Director

Tsui Hark

Director

Editing

Marco Mak Chi-Sin

Editor

Production

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Producer

Tsui Hark

Producer

Sound

Lo Ta-Yu

Original Music Composer

Writing

Tony Leung

Writer

A Cheng

Original Story

Yim Ho

Writer

Camera

Poon Hang-Sang

Director of Photography

Yang Wei-han

Director of Photography

Law Wan-Shing

Director of Photography

Directing

Yim Ho

Director

Tsui Hark

Director

Editing

Marco Mak Chi-Sin

Editor

Production

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Producer

Tsui Hark

Producer

Sound

Lo Ta-Yu

Original Music Composer

Writing

Tony Leung

Writer

A Cheng

Original Story

Yim Ho

Writer