Stars and Rosesis a 1990 Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau

Andy Lau

Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

 as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung

Cherie Chung

Cherie Chung Chor-hung is a retired Hong Kong film actress.She is one of the top actresses in Hong Kong Film 1980s.InHakka descent, she participated in the Miss Hong Kong competition but won nothing...

 as a Vietnamese translator.

Summary

Chi-Tsu Liou (Andy Lau) travels to Vietnam for a story. Once in Vietnam, he briefly meets Hung Yuen (Cherie Chung), 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, Liou and Yuen become more friendly until Liou 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
  Andy Lau
  Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
  
  
• Cherie Chung
  Cherie Chung
  Cherie Chung Chor-hung is a retired Hong Kong film actress.She is one of the top actresses in Hong Kong Film 1980s.InHakka descent, she participated in the Miss Hong Kong competition but won nothing...
  
  
• Sheila Chan
  Sheila Chan
  Sheila Chan is a Hong Kong actress.She was elected First Runner-Up and Miss Photogenic at the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.-Filmography:* All's Well, Ends Well 2009 * Love is not All Around...
  
  
• Shing Fui-On
  Shing Fui-On
  Shing Fui On was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his supporting roles in Hong Kong cinema. He had only one leading role in his entire career.-Biography:...
  
  
• Hung San-Nam
• Lam Wai
• Lau Chun-Fai
• Leung Ming
• Luang Ming-Yan
• Wai Gei-Shun