Burning Ambition (1989)

6.9/10 104 min Action Crime Thriller

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.

Cast

Ko Chun-Hsiung

Chau Hsiong

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Chi-Shau

Simon Yam

Hwa

Michael Miu Kiu-Wai

Wai

Yukari Ôshima

Chau Siu-Tao

Kara Hui Ying-Hung

Chau Siu-Hong

Austin Wai Tin-Chi

Chau Chi-Chung

Eddy Ko Hung

Kau Chen

Roy Chiao

Hwa's Father

Ann Mui Oi-Fong

Hwa's Mother

Lau Siu-Ming

Uncle Yee

David Lau Chi-Wing

Supt. Lau

Shing Fui-On

Taxi Driver

Gam Lui

Jeffrey Falcon

Joh Chung-Sing

Hsiong's henchman

Fung Hak-On

Witness

Paul Wong Kwan

Ng Yuen-Jun

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