Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
1997 Hong Kong film
- 14 March 1997 (1997-03-14)
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Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (Chinese: 一個字頭的誕生) is a 1997 gangster drama directed by Wai Ka Fai, starring Lau Ching Wan, Carman Lee, Francis Ng, Cheung Tat Ming, Matt Chow, Elvis Tsui, Cheng Cho and Ruby Wong. Made in 1997, this is the first formal film produced by Milkyway Image.[1]
Synopsis
Bo invites Gau, a poor gangster living in Hong Kong, to join him in smuggling valuable cars back to China. What Gau doesn't know is that accepting the offer will lead him on a journey of endless misfortune and death in China. However, leaving the gang before they start their job will take him on another journey of fighting for dignity and honour in Taiwan.
Cast
- Lau Ching Wan as A Gau (阿狗)
- Carman Lee
- Francis Ng as Matt (阿貓)
- Cheung Tat-ming as Bo (大寶)
- Matt Chow as Kei (喪基)
- Elvis Tsui
- Cheng Cho as Big Chun (大春)
- Ruby Wong as Bo's wife (大嫂)
- Soong Pounh Chong as Small Chun (小春)
Awards
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay award in the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards.[citation needed] It is also included in the Films of Merit list made by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ "Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997)". hkmdb.com.
External links
- Jat go zi tau di daan sang at IMDb
- Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 at the Hong Kong Movie Database
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Films directed by Wai Ka-fai
- Peace Hotel (1995)
- Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
- Fantasia (2004)
- Himalaya Singh (2005)
- The Shopaholics (2006)
- Written By (2009)
- Detective vs Sleuths (2022)
- Needing You... (2000)
- Help!!! (2000)
- Love on a Diet (2001)
- Fulltime Killer (2001)
- Fat Choi Spirit (2002)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
- Love for All Seasons (2003)
- Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
- Running on Karma (2003)
- Mad Detective (2007)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011)
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