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Those Were the Days is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Raymond Yip Wai-man with Jordan Chan
Those Were the Days (2000)
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Add to a movie listThose Were the Days... () is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Raymond Yip. The film is a spin-off/prequel of the Young and Dangerous film series, as it follows the life of Chicken Chiu (Jordan Chan) before he joined the triads with the boss Chan Ho Nam (Ekin Cheng).
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L'histoire de Chiu le poulet (Jordan Chan) avant qu'il ne rejoigne les triades avec son camarade Chan Ho-nam (Ekin Cheng).Actors
Jordan Chan
(Chicken Chiu Shan-Ho)
Gigi Leung
(Lok Wing Gee)
Jerry Lamb
(Bau Pei / Foreskin)
Ekin Cheng
(Chan Ho Nam)
Sandra Ng
(Sister 13)
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