
True Colors(1991)
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.


Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

Tony Leung Ka-fai
Wang Yisheng

John Shum Kin-Fun
Ching Ling

Yim Ho
Chung
Yang Lin
Jade mui
Wong Sing Fong
Little Chess King

King Shih-chieh
Lanky Ngai

John Chan Koon-Chung
Prof. Lau Yue Bok
Liu Ming
Vice Chairman Lam

O Sing-Pui
King of Chess is a drama film released in 1991. Directed by Tsui Hark, it stars Tony Leung Ka-fai, John Shum Kin-Fun, Yim Ho. Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.
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