Movie
A Better Tomorrow II
Overview
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-12-17
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Film Workshop, Cinema City
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- CN
Cast
- Ti Lung as Sung Chi Ho
- Leslie Cheung as Sung Chi Kit
- Dean Shek Tin as Lung Sei
- Chow Yun-Fat as Ken Lee
- Guan Shan as Go Ying Pui
- Emily Chu Bo-Yee as Jackie
- Kenneth Tsang as Kin
- Shing Fui-On as Pui's Partner
- Lam Chung as Pui's Partner
- Ng Man-Tat as Boss Wong
- Lung Ming-Yan as Chong
- Peter Wang as Father Sam
Crew
- John Woo - Director
- John Woo - Writer
- Tsui Hark - Story
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