Born to Be King

This article is about the 2000 Chinese language film. For the episode of the 1983 BBC "Black Adder" series, see Born to Be King (Blackadder).

Born to Be King


Traditional	勝者為王
Simplified	胜者为王
Directed by	Andrew Lau
Produced by	Raymond Chow Manfred Wong
Written by	Manfred Wong
Starring	Ekin Cheng Jordan Chan Shu Qi Gigi Lai
Music by	Chan Kwong-wing
Cinematography	Andrew Lau
Edited by	Danny Pang Phat
Distributed by	Golden Harvest Pictures (China) Ltd.
Release dates	21 July 2000 (2000-07-21)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese Mandarin Min Nan Japanese English
Box office	HK$7,709,039

Born to Be King (Chinese: 勝者為王) is a 2000 Hong Kong crime film directed by Andrew Lau. It is the fifth and final sequel to the Young and Dangerous film series.

Synopsis

Chicken (Jordan Chan) is set to marry the daughter of a Japanese yakuza boss (Sonny Chiba). When Chicken is set up, his old pals return to clear his name.

Notes

Notable absences: Tai Fei, Prince, Chan Yiu
Although they normally portrayed as Tai-tin Yee and Chow Pan/Banana Skin (who are the good guys) respectively, Michael Tse and Jason Chu took the roles as Lui Fu-kwan's henchmen, who were also named Michael and Jason respectively.
Roy Cheung makes his third appearance, this time as Akira Kusakari, a villain who was adopted by Ichio.
As Chicken marries Nanako in this movie, many fans who followed the series wondered whatever happened between Chicken and Wasabi (Karen Mok) because he proposed to her in Young and Dangerous 4. As it was revealed in Those Were the Days, they broke up and Wasabi went to Japan to learn some Japanese.

Cast and roles

Ekin Cheng as Chan Ho-nam
Jordan Chan as Chicken Chiu
Sonny Chiba as Ichio Kusakari
Shu Qi as Mei-ling
Peter Ho as Lui Fu-kwan
Gigi Lai as Rong Yu
Alex Man as Cheung Tin-yeung
Sandra Ng as Sister Thirteen
Vincent Wan as Ben Hon
Michael Tse as Michael
Jerry Lamb as Pou-pan
Chin Kar-lok as Big Head
Jason Chu as Jason
Roy Cheung as Akira Kusakari
Anya Wu - Nanako
Chen Sung-young as Brave
Beverly Hotsprings as Torch Singer
Jin Shi-jye
Blackie Ko as Ko Chi-wah
Lam Sheung Yee as Father Lam
Yeung Hung

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References

External links

IMDb entry

Films directed by Andrew Lau

Films	Raped by an Angel (1993) To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui (1994) Young and Dangerous (1996) Young and Dangerous 2 (1996) Young and Dangerous 3 (1996) Young and Dangerous 4 (1997) The Storm Riders (1998) Young and Dangerous 5 (1998) Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (1998) A Man Called Hero (1999) Born to Be King (2000) Sausalito (2000) The Duel (2000) Dance of a Dream (2001) Infernal Affairs (2002) The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002) Infernal Affairs II (2003) Infernal Affairs III (2003) The Park (2003) Initial D (2005) Confession of Pain (2006) Daisy (2006) The Flock (2007) Look for a Star (2008) Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) A Beautiful Life (2011) The Guillotines (2012) Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014) From Vegas to Macau III (2016)

See also	Basic Pictures Infernal Affairs film series

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