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Chungking Express (1994)

Name: Chungking Express
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Genre: comedy drama, crime film, romance film
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 7.9

Chungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong film, written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a different lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over his relationship with a woman. The first story stars Takeshi Kaneshiro as a cop obsessed by his breakup with a woman named May and his encounter with a mysterious drug smuggler. The second stars Tony Leung as a police…

Directed by Wong Kar-wai · Shot by Christopher Doyle, Andrew Lau · Cut by William Chang, Kwong Chi-Leung · Music by Michael Galasso, Roel A. Garcia · 101 min

Behind the scenes

CHRISTOPHER DOYLE | CHUNGKING EXPRESS | In Conversation | TIFF Bell Lightbox — TIFF · 3 min
Understanding Chungking Express (1994) | What Does Love Mean to You? — Film is just Moving Pictures · 8 min
How Wong Kar-Wai Visualises Time: Chungking Express — In Depth Cine · 15 min
Quentin Tarantino on "Chungking Express" — filmSCHOOLarchive · 18 min

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