DIRECTOR: Soi Cheang
STARRING: Aaron Kwok, Louis Koo, Richie Jen
RUNNING TIME: 2 hrs 5 minutes
LANGUAGE: Cantonese, Japanese
In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun accidentally enters the notorious Kowloon Walled City. Lok-kwun, a refugee from the mainland, struggles to survive by participating in underground fighting rings.
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The film is based on Andy Seto’s Chinese comic City of Darkness. Directed by Soi Cheang, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled in has grossed close to $100 million at the global box office when it debuted in theatres in early May 2024. This is the second highest grossing domestic film of all time in Hong Kong. The film also played out-of-competition as a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival in the same month. Cheang has also directed action films Limbo, The Monkey Man, Mad Fate, Dog Bite Dog and Accident but this is the first time that one of his films has been selected as Hong Kong’s Oscar submission.
The film’s selection was announced by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers of Hong Kong.
The film is produced by Entertaining Power, One Cool Pictures, Lian Ray Pictures, HG Entertainment and Media Asia Films.
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is an adventure drama and it was filmed in Hong Kong.
To check out all previous submissions for Hong Kong, click HERE.
STARRING: Aaron Kwok, Louis Koo, Richie Jen
RUNNING TIME: 2 hrs 5 minutes
LANGUAGE: Cantonese, Japanese
In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun accidentally enters the notorious Kowloon Walled City. Lok-kwun, a refugee from the mainland, struggles to survive by participating in underground fighting rings.
***
The film is based on Andy Seto’s Chinese comic City of Darkness. Directed by Soi Cheang, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled in has grossed close to $100 million at the global box office when it debuted in theatres in early May 2024. This is the second highest grossing domestic film of all time in Hong Kong. The film also played out-of-competition as a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival in the same month. Cheang has also directed action films Limbo, The Monkey Man, Mad Fate, Dog Bite Dog and Accident but this is the first time that one of his films has been selected as Hong Kong’s Oscar submission.
The film’s selection was announced by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers of Hong Kong.
The film is produced by Entertaining Power, One Cool Pictures, Lian Ray Pictures, HG Entertainment and Media Asia Films.
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is an adventure drama and it was filmed in Hong Kong.
To check out all previous submissions for Hong Kong, click HERE.
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