Stars and Roses

Stars and Roses (orig. Ai ren tong zhi) is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung as a Vietnamese translator.

Stars and Roses
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Traditional Chinese	愛人同志
Simplified Chinese	爱人同志
Hanyu Pinyin	Ài Rén Tóng Zhì
Jyutping	Ngoi3 Jan4 Tung4 Zi3
Directed by	Taylor Wong
Screenplay by	Ko Chung Wai
Produced by	Yuen Kam Lun
Starring	Andy Lau Cherie Chung
Cinematography	Herman Yau Puccini Yu
Edited by	A Chik Chung Chik
Music by	Lo Tayu Richard Lo
Production company	Chun Sing Films
Distributed by	Chun Sing Films
Release date	21 December 1989 (1989-12-21)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Vietnamese Mandarin
Box office	HK$13,098,194

Plot

Lau Kai Cho (Andy Lau) travels to Vietnam for a story. Once in Vietnam, he briefly meets Yuen Hung (Cherie Chung), a translator and is involved in an accident after crashing a motorised rickshaw. The courts hand him a prison sentence in a strict prison where he is subject to a number of horrible punishments.

While in prison, he meets Yuen's brother, upon his release, Lau and Yuen become more friendly until Lau is imprisoned again for anti-government activity. Sentenced to 3 years he plots to escape from prison taking Yuen Hung's brother with him.

Cast

• Andy Lau as Lau Kai Cho
• Cherie Chung as Yuen Hung
• Sheila Chan as Lawyer Chan
• Shing Fui-On as Chen Fei Ehn
• Hung San-Nam
• Lam Wai as Hung's boyfriend
• Lau Chun-Fai
• Leung Ming
• Lung Ming-Yan as Nam
• Wai Gei-Shun

Production

The film was shot in Hong Kong and Vietnam.^[1][2]