The Bodyguard (2016 film)

The Bodyguard
Official film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese特工爺爺
Simplified Chinese特工爷爷
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTè Gōng Yé Yé
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingDak6 Gung1 Je4 Je2
Directed bySammo Hung
Screenplay byKong Kwan
Produced byAndy Lau
William Kong
Chan Pui-wah
Ivy Ho
Lau Yee-tung
StarringSammo Hung
Andy Lau
Zhu Yuchen
Li Qinqin
CinematographyArdy Lam
Edited byKwong Chi-leung
Lo Wai-lun
Music byAlan Wong
Janet Yung
Production
companies
Irressistible Films
Edko Films
Focus Films
EDKO (Beijing) Distribution
Good Friends Entertainment
Shanghai Tencent Qie Pictures
BDI Films
Lava Bear Films
Distributed byEdko Films
Release date
  • 1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
CountriesHong Kong
China[2]
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeUS$52.4 million[3]

The Bodyguard, also known as My Beloved Bodyguard, (Chinese: 特工爺爺) is a 2016 Hong Kong Chinese action film[2][4] starring and directed by Sammo Hung in his first film as directed since 1997, and produced by Andy Lau, who makes a special appearance.[5] The film was released on 1 April 2016.

  1. ^ "特工爺爺" (in Chinese). The Metroplex. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Frater, Patrick (3 April 2016). "China Box Office: Sammo Hung's 'Bodyguard' Beats Up 'Batman v Superman'". Variety. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference numbers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ma, Kevin (25 September 2014). "Sammo Hung returns to directing with Bodyguard". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. ^ "洪金寶爆成龍因兒辭演《老衛兵》:哪個爸爸心情會好". ETtoday (in Chinese). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2020.