Stars and Roses
Stars and Roses is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung as a Vietnamese translator.
Plot
Lau Kai Cho travels to Vietnam for a story. Once in Vietnam, he briefly meets Yuen Hung, a translator and is involved in an accident after crashing a motorised rickshaw. The courts hand him a prison sentence in a strict prison where he is subject to a number of horrible punishments.While in prison, he meets Yuen's brother, upon his release, Lau and Yuen become more friendly until Lau is imprisoned again for anti-government activity. Sentenced to 3 years he plots to escape from prison taking Yuen Hung's brother with him.
Cast
- Andy Lau as Lau Kai Cho
- Cherie Chung as Yuen Hung
- Sheila Chan as Lawyer Chan
- Shing Fui-On as Chen Fei Ehn
- Hung San-Nam
- Lam Wai as Hung's boyfriend
- Lau Chun-Fai
- Leung Ming
- Lung Ming-Yan as Nam
- Wai Gei-Shun