The Storm Riders

The Storm Riders is a film hong-kongais carried out by Andrew Lau, left the July 18th 1998.

Synopsis

In a country resembling medieval China, a tyrant equipped with supernatural capacities raises three boys to whom it transmits part of his capacities. Become adult, the heirs to the tyrant draw up themselves against him.

Data sheet

Title: The Storm Riders
original Title: Feng yun xiong Ba tian xia (風雲雄霸天下)
Realization: Andrew Lau
Scenario: Manfred Wong and Chau Ting, according to the Manwa of My Wing Shing
Production: Manfred Wong
Music: Kwong Wing Chan
Photography: Andrew Lau
Assembly: Mak Chi-Sin and Danny Pang
Country of origin: HongKong
Format: Colors - 2,35:1 - Dolby DIGITAL - 35 mm
Kind: Fantastic, Wu Xia Pian
Lasted: 128 minutes
Coming out date: July 18th 1998 (HongKong)

Distribution

Aaron Kwok : Cloud
Ekin Cheng: Wind
Sony Chiba: Dominator
Kristy Yang: Hsiao-tse
Shu Qi: Cuckoo
Michael Tse: Frost
Yu Rong-Guang: the father of Cloud
Alex Fong: the father of Wind
Lawrence Cheng: Buffoon
Roy Cheung: the monk Shaolin
Jason Chu: Ming
Christine Ng: Ming
Elvis Tsui: Kim Puen
Anthony Wong: Saber-valiant knight

Around film

the film was projected in France within the framework of the Étrange Festival 2003.
It acts of a cinematographic remake of televised series hongkongaise realized by Shui Chung Yuet and diffused between 1988 and 1990.

Rewards

Nomination for the price of best choreographies (Dick One Lam), better actor (Sony Chiba), better artistic director (Kim Hung Ho), better photography (Wai Keung Lau), better song ( The Stromriders , composed by Kwong Wing Chan and interpreted by Ekin Cheng), better song ( Frighten Changes , made up by Tam Kwok-Ching and interpreted by Aaron Kwok), better film and female best supporting role (Shu Qi), at the time of the HongKong Film Awards 1999.
Prix of the best costumes and make-up (Pik Kwan Lee), better assembly (Chi-Sin Mak and Danny Pang), better music and better sound, at the time of the HongKong Film Awards 1999.
Price of film of the merit at the time of the HongKong Film Critics Society Awards 1999.

External bonds

Critique Sancho does Asia
Critiques Cinemasie
Critiques HK Handled

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