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Hong Kong Show Girl

1996 · 97 min

A tangled love triangle simmering with loyalty and jealousy, sliding from steamy nightclub drama into a desperate escape.

Directed by
Chow Jan-wing
Genres
Action, Romance, Thriller
Overview
Night club owner Tai Hing fears his wife tremendously, but still has an affair with show girl Grace. Grace meets Disco Dick, who just returns from another country. The two hit it off right away and have a one night stand. Dick and Tai Hing are actually best friends from childhood, as Dick finds out Grace is Tai Hing's mistress, he suppresses his feelings for Grace. Later Grace tells Dick she has his baby, Dick doesn't want to lose the child to abortion; so he can only take Grace and escape to another country...
How it feels
Tense, romantic, melancholic and dark. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Love, betrayal, loyalty, friendship
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Chow Jan-wing
Genres
Action, Romance, Thriller
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
action, romance, thriller
Directed by
Chow Jan-wing
Written by
Chow Jan-wing
Starring
Sun Xing, Betty Chan Yee-Ming, Elvis Tsui Kam-kong
Runtime
97 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese

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