Story of a Discharged Prisoner (1967)

Original title

英雄本色

Directed by

Kong Lung

Genre

action film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to rebuild his life after being released from prison. He faces suspicion and pressure from both the police and his former criminal associates.

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What happens

The Story of a Discharged Prisoner (Chinese: 英雄本色; also called Upright Repenter) is a 1967 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Patrick Lung and starring Patrick Tse, Shih Kien and Patsy Kar. The film partially inspired the 1986 John Woo film A Better Tomorrow, which has the same Chinese name. A Better Tomorrow combined plot elements of this film with the 1979 movie The Brothers, which in turn was a remake of 1975 Indian movie Deewaar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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