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Somebody Up There Likes Me is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama with Aaron Kwok
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)
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Add to a movie listSomebody Up There Likes Me is a 1996 Hong Kong action romance film directed by Patrick Leung and starring Aaron Kwok, Carmen Lee and Sammo Hung.
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With encouragement from his girlfriend, Gloria (Carmen Lee), Ken Wong (Aaron Kwok), a rebellious and stubborn youth, decides to focus on the sport of boxing. During a match, Ken accidentally kills Gloria's older brother, Rocky (Michael Tong), and the two break up. Ken is unwilling to give up his boxing career and seeks tuition from boxing master, Black Jack Hung (Sammo Hung). He also manages to reconcile with Gloria, who supports Ken returning to the ring to complete her brother's wish to challenge Yamada Motokazu (Sawada Kenya), the boxing champion of Asia. Due to constantly suffering blows to his head, Ken's is physically traumatized and once able to defeat Yamada, he also collapses.Actors
Aaron Kwok
(Ken Wong)
Sammo Hung
(Black Jack Hung)
Michael Tong
(Rocky Chan)
Lawrence Ah Mon
(Fight Official)
Jun Kunimura
(Japanese Trainer)
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