God of Gamblers (1989)

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126 min - Action | Comedy | Drama - 14 December 1989 (Hong Kong)

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A master gambler loses his memory, and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Yun-Fat Chow	...	Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (as Chow Yun Fat)
	Andy Lau	...	Michael Chan / Little Knife / Dagger
	Joey Wang	...	Jane
	Fong Lung	...	Ko Yee (as Lung Fong)
	Fui-On Shing	...	Kau
	Charles Heung	...	Lung Wu / 'Dragon'
	Sharla Cheung	...	Janet (as Man Cheung)
	Man Tat Ng	...	Brother Shing
	Hon-Lam Pau	...	Chan Kam-Shing
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Dennis Chan	...	Doctor
	Lap Ban Chan	...	Knife's grandmother
	Michael Chow Man-Kin	...	Casino Manager
	Cheung-Tak Hung
	Ching-Ho Law	...	Skinny
	Michiko Nishiwaki	...	Ko Chun's female Yakuza opponent

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Storyline

Do San (the God of gamblers) is a legendary gambler helped by his supernatural abilities. He undertakes to help a friend pay a debt by beating his friend's advisory at the card table. Despite being assigned a bodyguard Do San has a freak accident which leaves him with partial memory loss and at a mental stage of a child. The small time hustler Knife, his side-kick and his girl friend, being responsible for the accident takes care of the retarded Do San. After some time they discover that he has not lost all of his powers and takes him on a round at the local gambling halls. After being chased by both Knife's loan-shark and enemies closer to the home of Do San, a final showdown at the card tables may take place. Written by Staale A. Olsen <sao@idt.unit.no>

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Action | Comedy | Drama

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Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Release Date:

14 December 1989 (Hong Kong) See more »

Also Known As:

Les dieux du jeu See more »

Box Office

Gross:

HKD 36,294,029 (Hong Kong) (1989)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Win's Movie Productions Ltd. See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

The card marking technique used in the finale is an advanced form of illuminous marking, using certain chemicals not visible to the naked eye. To see the markings, you need a certain pair of glasses or contact lens. However, as you can see in the final showdown, marking cards doesn't always work. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Yee and Ko Chun are in the hospital, Ko Chun has a large, circular blood stain on his head bandage. But when Knife breaks in, the blood stain is smaller and changes shape. See more »

Connections

Spoofed in Du xia da zhan Lasi Weijiasi (1999) See more »

Soundtracks

"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"
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God of Gamblers (1989)
Du shen (original title)

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