Queen of Underworld (1991)

5.1/10 97 min Comedy Crime Drama

Overview

Popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip plays Sister Har -- a seminal figure in 1960s and '70s Hong Kong nightlife -- in this biographical film that follows the scenester's rise and fall from the upper echelons of society to the glamour and excess of Hong Kong's teeming underworld. A truly fascinating portrait of the allure and excess that were part of the fabric of Asia's favorite playground.

Cast

Amy Yip Chi-Mei

Helena Wong Ha

Shing Fui-On

Brother Cheung

Pal Sinn Lap-Man

Alan

Gigi Lai Chi

Butterfly Lam

Pauline Chan Bo-Lin

Linda

Blackie Ko Sau-Leung

Crazy Kwong

Otomo Rena

Po Shan

Ray Lui

Cripple Ho

Richard Ng Man-Tat

Brother Zai

Paul Chun Pui

An Tung

Mark Cheung Lui

C.I.D.

Lam Wai-Hung

Uncle King

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

School principal

Charlie Cho Cha-Lee

John Ching Tung

Lo Hung

Louis Roth

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