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The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing.
Original Release
07/14/1994
US Release
03/08/1996
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Brigitte Lin | Woman in Blonde Wig |
Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Cop 663 |
Faye Wong | Faye |
Takeshi Kaneshiro | He Zhiwu, Cop 223 / Ho Chi-mo / Cop 223 |
Valerie Chow | Air Hostess |
Piggy Chan | Manager of 'Midnight Express' |
Lee-Na Kwan | Richard / May |
Zhiming Huang | Man |
Liang Zhen | The 2nd May |
Songshen Zuo | Man |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Brigitte Lin | Woman in Blonde Wig |
Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Cop 663 |
Faye Wong | Faye |
Takeshi Kaneshiro | He Zhiwu, Cop 223 / Ho Chi-mo / Cop 223 |
Valerie Chow | Air Hostess |
Piggy Chan | Manager of 'Midnight Express' |
Lee-Na Kwan | Richard / May |
Zhiming Huang | Man |
Liang Zhen | The 2nd May |
Songshen Zuo | Man |
Thom Baker | Drug Dealer |
Rico Chu | Man |
Lynne Langdon | Complaining Customer |
John Fox | Barmaid |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Yi-kan Chan | Producer |
Jeffrey Lau | Producer |