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Directed by | Ding Sheng |
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Story by | Jia Zhijie |
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Cinematography | Ding Yu |
Edited by | Ding Sheng |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | US$10.1 million |
A Better Tomorrow 2018 (Chinese: 英雄本色2018), is a Chinese action film directed by Ding Sheng and starring Wang Kai, Ma Tianyu, Wang Talu, Yu Ailei, Lam Suet and Wu Yue. In this remake of John Woo's 1986 classic, director Ding Sheng delivers a similar story but with a different setting. Filming took place in a seaside location in the Northern Chinese city of Qingdao as well as in Japan.
The film was invited to be the closing film at the CinemAsia Film Festival in Netherlands on March 11, 2018. Also, the film had screenings at Osaka Asian Film Festival in Japan, Newcastle International Film Festival in United Kingdom, and Far East Film Festival in Italy.
A Better Tomorrow 2018 premiered in China on January 18, 2018.