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The Longest Nite is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Johnnie To with Tony Leung Chiu-wai
The Longest Nite (1998)
暗花, Aau dut
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Add to a movie listThe Longest Nite (Chinese: 暗花, Literal Title: Dark Flowers) is a 1998 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Patrick Yau and Johnnie To, starring Lau Ching-wan and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. The film was produced by To and Wai Ka-fai along with their production company, Milkyway Image.
Synopsis
While a gang war is developing in Macau between two heads of Triads, corrupt cop Sam (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) takes on a gunman in a restaurant where bald Tony (Lau Ching-Wan) is eating. After Sam goes to another mobster's restaurant where an informant is tortured, he finds a headless corpse in his apartment. Then a nightclub owner is murdered, and Sam moves fast to find the killer in an effort to prevent the gang war from escalating. However, he gets a full dose of action after he pins the crime on Tony.Actors
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
(Sam)
Sean Lau
(Tony)
Mark Cheng
(Mark)
Maggie Shiu
(Maggie)
Lam Suet
(Cafe Owner's Assistant)
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