Chasing the Dragon (film)
Chasing the Dragon (Chinese: 追龍; Sidney Lau: Jui1 Lung4), previously known as King of Drug Dealers, is a Hong Kong-Chinese action crime drama film directed by Wong Jing and Jason Kwan. The film stars Donnie Yen as Crippled Ho, based on real life gangster Ng Sik-ho and Andy Lau reprising his role as Lee Rock from the film series of the same name. The film is about an illegal immigrant from China who sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963 and transforms himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord. The film is a remake of the 1991 film To Be Number One.
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| Traditional Chinese | 追龍 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 追龙 | ||||||
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| Directed by | Wong Jing Jason Kwan | ||||||
| Screenplay by | Wong Jing Philip Lui Howard Yip | ||||||
| Produced by | Wong Jing Donnie Yen Andy Lau Connie Wong | ||||||
| Starring | Donnie Yen Andy Lau | ||||||
| Cinematography | Jason Kwan | ||||||
| Edited by | Li Ka-wing | ||||||
| Music by | Chan Kwong-wing Patrick Lui | ||||||
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| Distributed by | Mega-Vision Project Workshop Limited | ||||||
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Running time | 128 minutes | ||||||
| Countries | Hong Kong China | ||||||
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin Teochew English Thai | ||||||
| Budget | CN¥200 million | ||||||
| Box office | CN¥574 million HK$21.37 million | ||||||
Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch, a sequel-in-name-only featuring new characters and a new storyline was released in June 2019.
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