A Hero Never Dies

A Hero Never Dies

Directed by	Johnnie To
Produced by	Johnnie To Wai Ka-Fai
Written by	Szeto Kam-Yuen Yau Nai-Hoi Milkyway Creative Team
Starring	Leon Lai Lau Ching-Wan
Music by	Raymond Wong
Cinematography	Cheng Siu-Keung
Edited by	Chan Chi-Wai
Distributed by	Film City Co. Ltd.
Release dates	30 September 1998
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$6,360,165.00

A Hero Never Dies (Chinese: 真心英雄; pinyin: Zhen xin ying xiong; Cantonese Yale: Chan sam ying hung; literal title: True Heart Hero) ^[1] is a 1998 Hong Kong action-crime drama, and the first Milkyway Image film to be directed by Johnnie To.

Starring Leon Lai and Lau Ching-Wan, A Hero Never Dies is a heroic bloodshed tale centering on the friendship and rivalry of two Triads in the midst of a gang war. The film has often been compared to the 1986 Hong Kong film A Better Tomorrow as both men wind up being betrayed by their bosses.^[2]

Cast and roles

Leon Lai - Jack
Lau Ching-Wan - Martin
Fiona Leung - Fiona, Martin's girlfriend
Yoyo Mung - Yoyo, Jack's girlfriend
Henry Fong (credited as Fong Ping)
Yen Shi-Kwan (credited as Yam Sai Koon)
Keiji Sato (credited as Sato Keiji)
Michael Lam
Yuen Bun
Ping Cheung
Lam Suet
Shing Chiu Chi
Law Ching Ting (credited as Lu Ching Ting)
Wong Tin-Lam - Wong

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Milkyway Image

Films	Final Justice (1996) Intruder (1997) The Longest Nite (1998) Expect the Unexpected (1998) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) Needing You... (2000) Wu yen (2001) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Second Time Around (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Love For All Seasons (2003) PTU (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) 2 Become 1 (2006) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) Hooked on You (2007) Mad Detective (2007) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) Accident (2009) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Punished (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) A Complicated Story (2014) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014)

Filmmakers	Johnnie To Wai Ka-Fai Law Wing-cheung Patrick Yau Matt Chow Cheang Pou-Soi Lawrence Ah Mon Ringo Lam Tsui Hark Jeffrey Lau

Screenwriters	Yau Nai-Hoi Au Kin-Yee Yip Tin-Shing Szeto Kam-Yuen Ivy Ho

Crew	Dennis Law Cheng Siu-Keung Martin Chappell May Mok Patrick Tam Lai Yiu-fai

See also	Tactical Unit series

Films directed by Johnnie To

Films	Happy Ghost III (1986) The Eighth Happiness (1988) All About Ah-Long (1989) The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990) Casino Raiders II (1991) Justice, My Foot! (1992) The Bare-Footed Kid (1993) The Heroic Trio (1993) The Mad Monk (1993) A Moment of Romance III (1996) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) PTU (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Three (2016)

Films with Wai Ka-Fai	Needing You... (2000) Wu yen (2001) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Mad Detective (2007)

Co-director	The Big Heat (1988) The Royal Scoundrel (1991) Executioners (1993) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Triangle (2007)

See also	Milkyway Image Filmography Awards and honors Tactical Unit series