Chungking Express

Original title: Chung Hing sam lam

1994
PG-13
1h 42m

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Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, and Faye Wong in Chungking Express (1994)

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Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

100K

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POPULARITY

3,020

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 wins & 19 nominations

Woman in Blonde Wig
(as Ching-hsia Lin)

Takeshi Kaneshiro

He Zhiwu, Cop 223

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Cop 663
(as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)

Faye Wong

Faye

Valerie Chow

Air Hostess

Piggy Chan

Manager of 'Midnight Express'
(as Jinquan Chen)

Lee-Na Kwan

Richard
(as Guan Lina)

Zhiming Huang

Liang Zhen

The 2nd May

Songshen Zuo

Thom Baker

Drug Dealer
(uncredited)

Rico Chu

Man
(uncredited)

Vickie Eng

Barmaid
(uncredited)

Lynne Langdon

Complaining Customer
(uncredited)

Director
- Kar-Wai Wong
Writer
- Kar-Wai Wong
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Since 'Chungking Express' was filmed in sequence or "like a road movie" as Kar-Wai Wong has said, Wong wrote each scene either the night before or in the morning of the day of filming.

Goofs
In the part where Faye leaves the apartment and the camera shows her going out, a portion of the camera is seen in the mirror for a brief moment.

Quotes
He Zhiwu, Cop 223: If memories could be canned, would they also have expiry dates? If so, I hope they last for centuries.

Alternate versions
The original Hong Kong release ran 98 minutes. 'Kar Wai Wong' made several changes to the international version, bringing the running time to 102 minutes:
The international version expands the scenes where The Blonde prepares for the smuggling trip and later searches for the smugglers.
Indian music plays during the smugglers' arrival at the airport in international prints; in the Hong Kong version, the title theme plays.
The international version includes the kidnapping of an Indian girl, which does not occur in the Hong Kong version.
The sequence with Zhiwu loitering outside his girlfriend's window appears earlier in the international edit.
In the Hong Kong version, the Faye Wong cover of "Dreams" plays over the shot of 663 drinking coffee. The international version strips out the music (leaving only ambient noise), although "Dreams" still appears at the end of the film. The international cut is Wong's preferred version and has been used for most home video releases. The Hong Kong cut was released on VHS/laserdisc by World Video and on VHS/LD/DVD by Mei Ah.

Connections
Edited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019)

Soundtracks
Dream Person
Written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan
Performed by Faye Wong
(cover of "Dreams" by The Cranberries)

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A little gem...

I love this film. There, that is as simple as I can make it out. I am not going to go into any details about the plot (some people have accused it of not having one)or what takes place in the film, just want to say that this is the real deal. A film about love that is mired in reality (though shot through the lens of alcehmist - truly a visual experience to be savoured)though not gritty reality, just every day boring life and love, the sort of love we go through each day ourselves, the kinda incomplete love where two people touch each other briefly and spend more time dreaming of what could be rather than it actually taking place. A film that is romantic in all the right places, in all the right ways (believe me it will make you smile not reach for the sick bucket - Hollywood take note)and has a deft light comic touch that leaves you smiling in recognition at the heartbreak rather than crying over it. The acting and script are both first rate - tony leung can do no wrong in my book - and overall it leaves you hungry for more little gems like this. (Either that or wishing you were in love...)