| As Tears Go By | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 旺角卡門 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 旺角卡门 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Mong Kok Carmen | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Wong Kar-wai | ||||||||||
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| Produced by | Alan Tang | ||||||||||
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| Cinematography | Andrew Lau | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Cheung Pei-tak Hai Kit-wai William Chang (uncredited) | ||||||||||
| Music by | Danny Chung Teddy Robin | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | Kino International | ||||||||||
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Running time | 102 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$11,532,283 (Hong Kong) $9,436 (United States)[1] | ||||||||||
As Tears Go By is a 1988 Hong Kong action crime drama film starring Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung. The film was the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai, and was inspired by Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets.[2] The central plot revolves around a small-time triad member trying to keep his friend out of trouble. The film was screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, during International Critics' Week.[3]
- ^ "As Tears Go By". BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ Mottram, James (7 December 2014). "Wong Kar-Wai interview: the revered film director on returning to his first love - kung fu". The Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Bettinson, Gary (2014). The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai: Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. xvi. ISBN 978-9888139293.