Weeds on Fire
6.7
Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.
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Cast
20 people
Liu Kai-Chi
Principal Lo Kwong Fai
Known for
SPL: Kill Zone
The Detective
Sham Ka-ki
Chan Keung
Known for
Golden Job
The Goldfinger
Lam Yiu-sing
Tse Chi-Lung
Known for
Love in a Puff
The Goldfinger
Tony Wu Tsz-tung
Fan Chun-Wai
Known for
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Warriors of Future
Poon Chan-Leung
Mr Tsang
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The Gutter
Suen Lik-Man
Lung's father
Known for
Triple Tap
One Nite in Mongkok
Hedwig Tam
Tsz Ching
Also in
The Gutter
The First Girl I Loved
Maria Wong Si-Man
Lung's dream lover
No other roles listed
Jan Lamb
Narrator (voice)
Known for
City Hunter
Will Or Wai-Lam
Dung
Known for
Expats
Himmy Wong
Li Wang
Also in
The Gutter
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Shui Jie
Lung's mother
Known for
Mad World
Steve Chan Chi Fat Director · Wong Chi-Yeung Writer Hui Chi Sang Writer
Budget $2M · United States release July 4, 2016 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China
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Budget
$2,000,000
Production
Golden Scene
Production
Film Development Fund of Hong Kong
Production
Flash Glory
Production
MM2 Studios Hong Kong
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
點五步
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · English
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · March 26, 2016
Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
United States · July 4, 2016
Theatrical · New York Asian Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China · August 25, 2016
Theatrical
Italy
April 23, 2016 · Theatrical · Udine Far East Film Festival
Japan
August 21, 2026 · Theatrical
Poland
November 17, 2021 · Digital
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