A Better Tomorrow(Movie, 1986)

Name: A Better Tomorrow
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1986
Duration: T01:35:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "英雄本色" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)

| 1h 35min | Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 208 votes)

A Better Tomorrow (Chinese: 英雄本色; lit. 'True Colors of a Hero') is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed, co-written, and co-produced by John Woo; co-produced by Tsui Hark; and starring Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat. The film had a profound influence on Hong Kong action cinema, and has been recognised as a landmark film credited with setting the template for the heroic bloodshed genre, with considerable influence on both the Hong Kong film industry and Hollywood. Produced with a tight budget and released with virtually no advertising, A Better Tomorrow broke Hong Kong's box office record and went on to become a blockbuster in Asia. The film is highly regarded, ranking #2 in the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures. Its success led to a sequel, A Better Tomorrow II, also... ()

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Awards & Nominations for A Better Tomorrow

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film

About A Better Tomorrow

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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Trailer for A Better Tomorrow + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) Trailer for John Woo's groundbreaking classic with Chow Yun-Fat(Trailer, 2:38)

A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) Trailer for John Woo's groundbreaking classic with Chow Yun-Fat (Trailer) | A Better Tomorrow 1986 (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong

Plays in: Hong Kong

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Aatish" (movie, 1994), "A Better Tomorrow" (movie, 2010), "A Better Tomorrow" (movie, 2018)

Made by: Film Workshop, Cinema City Co., Ltd.

Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), English (EN)

Translated into 22 languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/02/1986

Cast: Ti Lung, Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Emily Chu, Waise Lee, Tien Feng, John Woo, Sek Yin-Tsi, Kenneth Tsang, Shing Fui-on, Wang Hsia, Leung Ming, Kam Hing Yin, Tsui Hark

Director: John Woo

Producer: Tsui Hark

Screenwriter: John Woo, Chan Hing-ka, Leung Suk-Wah

Film Editor: Kam Ma, David Wu

Director of Photography: Horace Wong Wing-Hang

Composer: Joseph Koo

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Alvo Duplo"

"Ying xiong ben se"

"英雄本色"

"City Wolf - A Better Tomorrow"

"Un Mañana Mejor"

"Για Ένα Καλύτερο Αύριο"

"Ying xiong ben se"

"英雄本色"

"Gangland Boss"

"Otoko tachi no banka"

"Otoko tachi no banka I"

"男たちの挽歌"

"영웅본색"

"Gangland Boss"

"Rapid Fire"

"英雄本色"

"โหด เลว ดี"

"英雄本色"

Keywords: triade, conciliation, revenge, counterfeit, police officer, snake, hong kong, prison, arrest, observer, sibling relationship

Revenue: 4,469,460 USD