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Burning Ambition

Burning Ambition

19896.71h 44m

Overview

This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

Directed by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei
Written by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei
Produced by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei, Yu Suk
Box Office0Revenue: $426K

Top Cast

Ko Chun-Hsiung

Ko Chun-Hsiung

Chau Hsiong

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Chi-Shau

Simon Yam

Simon Yam

Hwa

Michael Miu Kiu-Wai

Michael Miu Kiu-Wai

Wai

Yukari Ôshima

Yukari Ôshima

Chau Siu-Tao

Kara Hui Ying-Hung

Kara Hui Ying-Hung

Chau Siu-Hong

Austin Wai Tin-Chi

Austin Wai Tin-Chi

Chau Chi-Chung

Eddy Ko Hung

Eddy Ko Hung

Kau Chen

Roy Chiao

Roy Chiao

Hwa's Father

Ann Mui Oi-Fong

Ann Mui Oi-Fong

Hwa's Mother

Themes & Keywords

restaurantpower struggle

About Burning Ambition

Burning Ambition is a action, crime, thriller film released in 1989 exploring themes of restaurant, power struggle. Directed by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei, it stars Ko Chun-Hsiung, Frankie Chan Fan-Kei, Simon Yam. This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

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