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As Tears Go By is a 1988 Hong Kong action crime drama film starring Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung. The film was the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai, and was inspired by Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. The central plot revolves around a small-time triad member trying to keep his friend out of trouble.
May 2, 2008 · As Tears Go By: Directed by Kar-Wai Wong. With Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man. Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Kar-Wai Wong
- 2008-05-02
As Tears Go By. Wong Kar Wai’s scintillating debut feature is a kinetic, hypercool crime thriller graced with flashes of the impressionistic, daydream visual style for which he would become renowned.
- Wah, Ngor, Fly, Tony
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May 2, 2008 · As Tears Go By Released May 2, 2008 1h 42m Crime Drama Romance List 85% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 67% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Love for a distant relative causes a Chinese gangster (Andy Lau)...
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- Andy Lau
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Crime, Drama, Romance
As Tears Go By. Summaries. Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly. A low-level triad "big brother" has a hot-tempered "little brother" who can't keep out of trouble, and consequently is in constant need of being bailed out by his protector.
“As Tears Go By,” Wong’s first feature film, has him working within the 80s trend of action-oriented crime flicks. Still, through the violence, the director’s eye for framing lost romantics adrift in nighttime metropolises is already evident.
Apr 19, 1996 · Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.