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Burning Ambition (1989)

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.

Release: 1989-04-13
Runtime: 104 min
Rating: 6.7 / 10
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
Lau Siu-Ming
Lau Siu-Ming
Uncle Yee
David Lau Chi-Wing
David Lau Chi-Wing
Supt. Lau
Shing Fui-On
Shing Fui-On
Taxi Driver
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Dan Mintz
Gam Lui
Gam Lui
Jeffrey Falcon
Jeffrey Falcon
Joh Chung-Sing
Joh Chung-Sing
Hsiong's henchman
Fung Hak-On
Fung Hak-On
Witness