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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a Hongkongais film of genre Science fiction directed by Simon Nam with Louis Fan
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h31
Directed by Simon Nam
OriginHong kong
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Films about suicide, Martial arts films, Political films, Dystopian films
Rating69%
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (also known as Story of Ricky; Chinese: 力王) is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Lam Nai-choi, and based on the Japanese manga Riki-Oh by Masahiko Takajo and Saruwatari Tetsuya. The film stars Fan Siu-wong, Fan Mei-sheng (Siu-wong's real life father), Ho Ka-kui and Yukari Oshima.
Fan Siu-wong plays Ricky Ho Lik Wong (Lik Wong is the character's given name, but the subtitles use the anglicized "Ricky") and Yukari Oshima as Yomi (Rogan in the English dub). The English title given on screen is simply Story of Ricky but later releases were sold under the title Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky. It had a limited theatrical release in the US around 1993. It is well known for its extreme, brutal, and highly unrealistic violence, as well as its high camp factor and extremely poor English dubbing (although versions in Cantonese and Mandarin are also available). One scene, showing a character crushing another character's skull with his bare hands, later became a regular fixture on The Daily Show during Craig Kilborn's time as the host.
It was alleged that a sequel titled Dint King, Inside King (aka, Story of Ricky 2 or Super Powerful Man) was released in Hong Kong in 2005, however, the plot does not follow the events that supposedly occur after Ricky breaks out of prison, and is set in the distant future as opposed to 2001 for the first film. The film was never released in the United States or in Europe, but is available on DVD (without English subtitles) through Panorama Entertainment. Oddly, and possibly due to rights issues, the film is built as a stand-alone project despite casting Terry Fan Sui Wong in the title role, sporting the camouflage poncho seen in flashbacks and in the manga. Even the characters have different names (Ricky's name is He Shen in this film).
Synopsis
The plot closely follows the events depicted in the original Japanese comic and its anime adaptation, with some minor modifications in certain instances.Actors
Louis Fan
(Ricky)
Yukari Oshima
(Huang Chung / West Block)
Frankie Chan
(Ah Hai / North Block)
Gloria Yip
(Keiko)
Tetsurō Tanba
(Master Zhang)
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