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Cast

Tony Leung

Tony Leung

Wang Yisheng

John Shum Kin-Fun

John Shum Kin-Fun

Ching Ling

Yim Ho

Yim Ho

Chung

Yang Lin

Yang Lin

Jade mui

Wong Sing Fong

Wong Sing Fong

Little Chess King

King Shih-Chieh

King Shih-Chieh

Lanky Ngai

John Chan

John Chan

Prof. Lau Yue Bok

Liu Ming

Liu Ming

Vice Chairman Lam

O Sing-Pui

O Sing-Pui

Crew

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Producer

Yim Ho

Yim Ho

Director

Tony Leung

Tony Leung

Writer

Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

Producer

Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

Director

A Cheng

A Cheng

Original Story

Lo Ta-Yu

Lo Ta-Yu

Original Music Composer

Yang Wei-han

Yang Wei-han

Director of Photography

Poon Hang-Sang

Poon Hang-Sang

Director of Photography

Law Wan-Shing

Law Wan-Shing

Director of Photography

Yim Ho

Yim Ho

Writer

Marco Mak Chi-Sin

Marco Mak Chi-Sin

Editor

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King of Chess

19916.5 / 10110 min
Drama

Overview

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.