A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)

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105 min - Action | War - 20 October 1989 (Hong Kong)

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A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Yun-Fat Chow	...	Mark Gor (as Chow Yun Fat)
	Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Cheung Chi-Mun
	Anita Mui	...	Chow Ying-Kit
	Kien Shih	...	Mun's father
	Saburo Tokito	...	Ho Cheung-Ching / Tanaka
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	Wai Lun Cheng	...	Pat
	William Cheng
	Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
	Yeung-Wah Kam
	Ling Nam Lam

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Storyline

At the end of the Vietnam war, Cheung goes to Saigon, intent on bringing his uncle and cousin back to Hong Kong. In Saigon, Cheung meets beautiful gangleader Chow, and relies on her help for their safe return. A love triangle develops between the cousins and Chow Further complicating matters, Chow's lover Ho, a gang leader, appears Ho deports the cousins, and kills their uncle. Cheung and his cousin return to Vietnam seeking revenge, while Chow and Ho also become entangled with a local vietnamese warlord. Chow tries to stop the battle, but the warlord kills Chow and Ho. Just before her death Chow gives the cousins the last two air tickets with which to leave Vietnam Written by L.H. Wong <as9401k56@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>

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Action | War

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Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English | Vietnamese | Cantonese

Release Date:

20 October 1989 (Hong Kong) See more »

Also Known As:

A Better Tomorrow III See more »

Filming Locations:

Vietnam

Box Office

Gross:

HKD 18,476,116 (Hong Kong) (1989)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Princess Film Production Limited, Film Workshop See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min | Germany: 85 min | UK: 111 min | Germany: 112 min (extended version) | Taiwan: 130 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

John Woo (director of the first two films in the series) wrote the original screenplay for this third installment, but he never got to direct this third entry due to having had artistic differences with producer Hark Tsui during the filming of A Better Tomorrow II (1987). Instead, John Woo took his screenplay and made it into the film Bullet In The Head (1990). Hark Tsui himself would direct his his own version of A Better Tomorrow III. The two films have many parallels, most notably, both being set in the Vietnam War. See more »

Goofs

Miscellaneous: In the subtitled version, Ho reveals that his real name is "Tanaka". However, later in the film he refers to his name as being "Tokito". The role was being played by 'Saburo Tokito'. See more »

Quotes

Mark Gor: Nobody knows what tomorrow may bring.
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Follows A Better Tomorrow II (1987) See more »

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor (original title)

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