.seo-fallback{max-width:46rem;margin:0 auto;padding:2.5rem 1.25rem 4rem; font:16px/1.6 Inter,system-ui,sans-serif;color:#EDE9F5;background:#0E0A1B} .seo-fallback a{color:#FFCA3A} .seo-fallback h1{font-size:1.75rem;line-height:1.2;margin:.5rem 0 1rem} .seo-fallback h2{font-size:1.05rem;margin:2rem 0 .5rem;color:#9C93B8; text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.08em} .seo-fallback ul{padding-left:1.1rem;margin:.5rem 0} .seo-fallback li{margin:.3rem 0} .seo-fallback .seo-meta{color:#9C93B8;font-size:.9rem} .seo-fallback .seo-note{margin-top:2.5rem;color:#9C93B8;font-size:.85rem; border-top:1px solid #2A2340;padding-top:1rem}

FilmSkool — a free film school

Election

Name: Election
Director: Johnnie To
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2005
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung Ka-Fai, Gordon Lam Ka-Tung

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.

2005 · Directed by Johnnie To · 101 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 14 frames

Tagline

POWER, HE WANTS IT AND HE WILL GET IT.

Crew

Written by: Yau Nai-Hoi, Yip Tin-Shing
Cinematography: Cheng Siu-Keung
Edited by: Patrick Tam Kar-Ming
Music: Lo Ta-Yu
Produced by: Johnnie To, Dennis Law Sau-Yiu, Charles Heung

Cast

Simon Yam as Lok
Tony Leung Ka-fai as Big D
Louis Koo as Jimmy
Nick Cheung Ka-Fai as Jet
Gordon Lam Ka-Tung as Kun
Cheung Siu-fai as Mr. So
Lam Suet as Big Head
Wong Tin-Lam as Uncle Teng
Tam Bing-Man as Uncle Cocky
Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei as Mrs. Big D

Production

Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Studios: China Star Entertainment, One Hundred Years of Film Company, Milkyway Image
Themes: gangster, organized crime, hoodlum

More by Johnnie To

Drug War — 2012
Exiled — 2006
Mad Detective — 2007
Election 2 — 2006
Vengeance — 2009
Running Out of Time — 1999
Throw Down — 2004
Justice, My Foot! — 1992
The Heroic Trio — 1993
The Mission — 1999
Sparrow — 2008

On this film

This is the plain index, shown because JavaScript is off. Every lesson here is a free video published by the channel credited on it and plays through that channel's own embed — FilmSkool hosts nothing.