The Story of Woo Viet

Apr 23, 1981

1h 32m

★ 6.2

Overview

The Story of Woo Viet, seven years before they traded wistful looks in An Autumn's Tale. Chow, in one of his earliest and meatiest film roles, plays the title role of Woo Viet, a Vietnamese refugee who hopes to immigrate to the United States.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Pearl City Films

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Cast

Woo Viet

Chow Yun-Fat

Lee Lap Quan

Cora Miao

Shum Ching

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Ah Sahm

Lo Lieh

Mr. Chung

Gam Biu

Vietcong Special Agent

Homer Cheung

Snakehead

Tong Kam-Tong

Young Vietnamese Refugee

Lam Ying-Fat

Elderly Vietnamese Refugee

Chan To-Kit

Japanese Language Teacher

Chung Cheun-Ying

Human Trafficker

Fung Yun-Chuen

Migual

Dave Brodett

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

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