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Prison on Fire is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Ringo Lam with Chow Yun-fat
Prison on Fire (1987)
Gaam yuk fung wan
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Add to a movie listPrison on Fire (Chinese: 監獄風雲; pinyin: Jiān yù fēng yún; Cantonese Yale: Gaam yuk fung wan) is a 1987 Hong Kong action film directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-fat, Roy Cheung and Tony Leung Ka-Fai. The film was followed by a sequel in the 1991's Prison on Fire II.
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The plot mostly involves the two main characters, Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Scarface", a high-ranking officer. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he kicked a man onto the path of a bus. Ching was sent to prison for killing his wife for being a prostitute. During the end of the film, inmates decide to go on hunger strike to protest against the cigarette price rise, this causes problems with "Assassin". Ching bit "Assassin"'s ear off and gets an extended sentence, Yiu is released from the prison.Actors
Chow Yun-fat
(Chung Tin Ching)
Tony Leung Ka-fai
(Lo Ka Yiu)
Roy Cheung
(Officer "Scarface" Hung)
Shing Fui On
(Mad Dog)
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