A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989) Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor (original title)

Director:

Hark Tsui

Writers:

Hark Tsui (writer)
Yiu Ming Leung (screenplay)
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Release Date:

20 October 1989 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | War

Plot:

A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Hong Kong | Vietnam War | Love Triangle | Shot To Death

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Yun-Fat Chow	...	Mark Gor (as Chow Yun Fat)
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Cheung Chi-Mun
Anita Mui	...	Chow Ying-Kit
Kien Shih	...	Mun's father
Saburo Tokito	...	Ho Cheung-Ching / Tanaka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wai Lun Cheng	...	Pat
William Cheng
Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
Yeung-Wah Kam		(as Andrew Kam)
Ling Nam Lam

Directed by
Hark Tsui

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yiu Ming Leung		screenplay
Foo Ho Tai		screenplay
Hark Tsui		writer

Produced by
Rudolf Chiu	....	associate producer
Yun-Chuen Geung	....	supervising producer
Anthony Lo	....	supervising producer
Hark Tsui	....	producer
Margaret Wong	....	supervising producer
John Woo	....	producer

Original Music by
Lowell Lo

Cinematography by
Wing-Hung Wong

Film Editing by
Marco Mak		(as Chi-Sin Mak)
Hark Tsui
David Wu

Costume Design by
Lai-Ha Chu

Makeup Department
Alice	....	hair stylist
Siu Ping Go	....	makeup artist
Linda Lam	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Claudie Chung Chun	....	executive in charge of production
Shirley Lau	....	production manager
Andy Ma	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dao-ho Chan	....	assistant director
Yeung-Wah Kam	....	assistant director
Chi-Ho Lau	....	action director
Fong Sai Lau	....	action director
Chi Ming Leung	....	assistant director
Peng-tang Teng	....	assistant director
Shih Wu	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jacqueline Brassart	....	location sound editor
Charlie Hau	....	dubbing editor: japanese
Chung Keung Lee	....	dubbing editor: cantonese

Costume and Wardrobe Department
William Chang	....	style consultant (Anita Mui )
Lee Yiu Gwong	....	style consultant (Chow Yun Fat )

Editorial Department
Simon Broderick	....	colorist
Kun-Sing Chan	....	assistant editor
Chi-dat Hun	....	assistant editor
Chin-Kuen Pang	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Ming-hon Chan	....	translator: Vietnamese
Hui-ling Chang	....	translator: Vietnamese
Hsiao-ling Chen	....	translator: Vietnamese
Kuan-lin Chen	....	translator: Vietnamese
Yao-feng Chen	....	translator: Vietnamese
Yao-kuang Chen	....	translator: Vietnamese
Tsui-ling Chiang	....	translator: Vietnamese
Yeh-hua Chiang	....	translator: Vietnamese
Jie-ming Chou	....	translator: Vietnamese
Gam-ging Fung	....	caterer
Kuo-tai Ho	....	translator: Vietnamese
Siu-yung Ho	....	translator: Vietnamese
Wei Ho	....	translator: Vietnamese
Yuet-ming Ho	....	translator: Vietnamese
Wai-sing Ko	....	script supervisor
Wing Shing Kwan	....	translator: Vietnamese
Kwok-kin Lee	....	translator: Vietnamese
Yau Lee	....	translator: Vietnamese
Chih-wei Liang	....	translator: Vietnamese
Chih-wei Lu	....	translator: Vietnamese
Mei-hua Lu	....	translator: Vietnamese
Yao-han Lu	....	translator: Vietnamese
Ying-yang Tang	....	translator: Vietnamese
Chi-Wah Tse	....	production assistant
Ho Wong	....	translator: Vietnamese

Production Companies

• Golden Princess Film Production Limited
• Film Workshop

Distributors

• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (retail)
• Golden Princess Film Production Limited (1989) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Gordon's Films (USA)
• Sceneplam Ltd. (1990) (UK)
• Tai Seng Video Marketing (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• World Wide Cinema (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (rental)

Other Companies

• International Subtitle Co.  subtitles
• Mandarin Laboratory (International) Ltd.  film processing
• Props Company  firearms supplied by

Also Known As:

"Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor" - Hong Kong (original title)
"A Better Tomorrow III" - Hong Kong (English title), International (English title)

Runtime:

105 min | Germany:85 min | UK:111 min | Germany:112 min (extended version) | Taiwan:130 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English | Vietnamese | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:MA | Malaysia:18PL | France:U | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) (2004) | UK:18 | West Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Vietnam

Company:

Golden Princess Film Production Limited

Trivia:

John Woo (director of the first two films in the series) wrote the original screenplay for this third installment, but he never got to direct this third entry due to having had artistic differences with producer Hark Tsui during the filming of A Better Tomorrow II (1987). Instead, John Woo took his screenplay and made it into the film Bullet In The Head (1990). Hark Tsui himself would direct his his own version of A Better Tomorrow III. The two films have many parallels, most notably, both being set in the Vietnam War.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the subtitled version, Ho reveals that his real name is "Tanaka". However, later in the film he refers to his name as being "Tokito". The role was being played by 'Saburo Tokito'.

Quotes:

Mark Gor:Nobody knows what tomorrow may bring.

Movie Connections:

Follows A Better Tomorrow II (1987)

Excellent

A Better Tomorrow 3 takes place during the Vietnam war and goes back to show how Mark became the professional killer that he is. Cool action scenes, but low on the gore from the other films. The story is very well done for an action movie adding a romantic aspect to it. Excellent.

***1/2 out of ****