Burning Ambition
6.7
This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.
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Cast
58 people
Ko Chun-Hsiung
Chau Hsiong
Known for
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
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Kara Hui
Chau Siu-Hong
Frankie Chan Fan-kei
Chi-Shau
Known for
The Prodigal Son
Simon Yam
Hwa
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Ip Man
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Michael Miu Kiu-wai
Wai
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Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
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Yukari Ôshima
Chau Siu-Tao
Known for
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Supercop 2
Kara Wai Ying-hung
Chau Siu-Hong
Known for
Return to the 36th Chamber
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Austin Wai Tin-chi
Chau Chi-Chung
Known for
SPL: Kill Zone
The Blade
Eddy Ko Hung
Kau Chen
Known for
The Martian
Lethal Weapon 4
Roy Chiao
Hwa's Father
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Bloodsport
Ann Mui Oi-Fong
Hwa's Mother
Also in
Police Story 2
Touch and Go
Lau Siu-ming
Uncle Yee
Known for
A Chinese Ghost Story
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Frankie Chan Fan-kei Director · Wang Fu-Ling Composer Ma Koon-Wah Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $426K · First release April 13, 1989 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, Taiwan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$425,977
Production
Lusty Electric Industries
Production
Long Shong Pictures
Production
Universal Laboratory Limited
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · Taiwan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
龍之爭霸
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · April 13, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
August 20, 1995 · TV · Erstausstrahlung im deutschen TV, Pro7
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