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Born to Be King

Original title: Sheng zhe wei wang
  • 20002000
  • 1h 58m
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Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group ge... Read allTriad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader... Read allTriad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremel... Read all
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    • Director
      • Andrew Lau
    • Writer
      • Manfred Wong
    • Stars
      • Ekin Cheng
      • Jordan Chan
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
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    • Director
      • Andrew Lau
    • Writer
      • Manfred Wong
    • Stars
      • Ekin Cheng
      • Jordan Chan
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
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    • 8Critic reviews
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    Ekin Cheng
    Ekin Cheng
    • Chan Ho-Nam
    Jordan Chan
    Jordan Chan
    • Chicken Chiu
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Isako Kusaraki
    • (as Sonny Chiba)
    Shu Qi
    Shu Qi
    • Mei Ling
    Peter Ho
    Peter Ho
    • Lui
    Gigi Lai
    Gigi Lai
    • Rong Yu
    Michael Tse
    Michael Tse
    • Michael
    Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
    Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
    • Sister 13
    Jerry Lamb
    Jerry Lamb
    • Pou-pan
    Kar Lok Chin
    Kar Lok Chin
    • Big Head
    Jason Chu
    Jason Chu
    • Jason
    Roy Cheung
    Roy Cheung
    • Akira Kusaraki
    Anya
    Anya
    • Nanako
    Feng Chang
    Feng Chang
    Kuang-Chien Chen
    Sung-Young Chen
    Sung-Young Chen
    • Brave
    Beverly Hotsprings
    • Torch Singer
    Shih-Chieh King
    Shih-Chieh King
    • Director
      • Andrew Lau
    • Writer
      • Manfred Wong
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    Triad gangster politics... yawn...
    Having never seen another "Young and Dangerous" movie, watching part 6 in isolation is rather like viewing a single episode of a long-running soap-opera, in which you have no idea who the characters are or what their backgrounds might be.

    The film is surprisingly talky, with lots of double-dealing and back-stabbing, and the odd action set-piece to spice things up. The sub-plot concerns Chicken's attempts at communicating with his new Japanese wife (the highlights of the film, very funny). The moral of the tale seems to be "why can't we (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Japan) just get along?".

    Overall, its all rather baffling to an outsider, and I would definitely recommend watching the previous films in the series first.
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    • Release date
      • July 21, 2000 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • English
      • Japanese
      • Min Nan
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • 勝者為王
    • Production companies
      • Artwell Productions
      • B.O.B. and Partners
      • GH Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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