Story of a Discharged Prisoner

Story of a Discharged Prisoner (英雄本色; lit. "True Colors of a Hero"), also called Upright Repenter, is a 1967 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Lung Kong.

Story of a Discharged Prisoner
英雄本色
Film poster
Directed byPatrick Lung Kong
Produced byHo Kin-yip
Written byPatrick Lung Kong
StarringPatrick Tse, Patsy Ka Ling, Wong Wai, Shih Kien
Music byEddie Wang
CinematographyChan Kon
Edited bySung Ming
Wong Yee-Shun
Production
company
San Aau (Xinyi) Movie-Making Company
Release date
1967
Running time
118 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

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.[1]

Cast

Awards

In 2005, Story of a Discharged Prisoner was ranked 39th on the Hong Kong Film Awards list of the Top 100 Chinese Films. It was ranked number 21 on TimeOut Hong Kong Greatest 100 Hong Kong Films.[2]

References
  1. "Heroic Bloodshed: How Hong Kong's style was swiped by Hollywood". British Film Institute. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. Lee, Edmund. "The 100 Greatest Hong Kong Films/8". TimeOut Hong Kong. Retrieved 23 January 2015.


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