City Hunter (live action)
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| Directed by | Jing Wong |
| Produced by | Raymond Chow, Leonard Ho, Chua Lam |
| Written by | Tsukasa Hôjô, Jing Wong |
| Starring | Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Bruce Lee |
| Music by | Romeo Díaz, James Wong |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | Hong Kong, Japan |
| Language | Cantonese |
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City Hunter (城市獵人; Sing si lip yan) is a 1993 film based on the Japanese anime City Hunter. It was made by Golden Harvest and Paragon Films. The film was directed by Wong Jing and starred an international cast that included Hong Kong super star Jackie Chan as Ryo Saeba.
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[edit] Plot
The film's plot saw Ryo and Kaori (Joey Wong) accepting a job to find the run away daughter of a businessman. The girl, named Shizuko (Kumiko Gotoh), escapes onto a cruise ship with Ryo, Kaori and Saeko (Chingmy Yau) on her tail. The ship is then hijacked, and it's up to Ryo and the girls to free the ship.
[edit] Comparison with anime
The film is not really faithful to the anime or the manga. However there is a brief intro that has the death of Hideyuki Makimura (Michael Wong) and explains why Ryo can't take advantage of Kaori. The film is most notable of the crossdressing done by Chan as the Street Fighter II character Chun-Li in one scene.
Mr. Mumble[1] (Meng bo) is another live action version of City Hunter. Despite the fact the names have been changed, this 1996 movie is considered to be a bit more faithful to the original material than the earlier film. Michael Chow plays Maang Boh (Mr. Mumble, the Cantonese version of Ryo) who takes on a job to guard Sharon (Pauline Suen), the daughter of a mafioso. The film also stars Francoise Yip as Yachi (Saeko), Jessica Hester as Lao Tang (Kaori) and Eric Kei as Chi (Umibozu).
[edit] Box Office
City Hunter grossed a strong HK $30,762,782 at the Hong Kong box office. Surprisingly, however, the Japanese market, for which the film was tailored, was less enthusiastic.
[edit] Cast
- Jackie Chan - Ryu Saeba / City Hunter
- Joey Wong - Kaori Makimura / Carrie
- Chingmy Yau - Saeko Nogami / Anna
- Richard Norton - Col. MacDonald
- Michael Wong - Hideyuki Makimura
- Gary Daniels - Pony-tail thug
- Kumiko Goto - Shizuko Imamura
- Leon Lai - Kôtetsu / Gundam
(Names after forward slash are those that appear in the English dubbed edition of the film only)
[edit] Details
- Director - Wong Jing
- Written by - Wong Jing (film), Tsukasa Hôjô (comic)
- Date produced - 1993
- Country of origin - Hong Kong, Japan
