King of Chess
Sep 06 1991
•2h 50m
•Drama
Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.
Cast
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Tony Leung Ka-Fai
Wang Yisheng
John Shum Kin-Fun
Ching Ling
Yim Ho
Chung
Yang Lin
Jade mui
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