Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) Lik Wong (original title)

Director:

Ngai Kai Lam

Writers:

Tetsuya Saruwatari (manga "Riki-oh")
Ngai Kai Lam (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 April 1991 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

A young man with superhuman strength is incarcerated at a prison run by corrupt officials and seeks to use his martial arts to clean up the system.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Martial Arts | Torture | Tattoo | Knocked Out

Cast

Siu-Wong Fan	...	Riki-Oh Saiga
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Assistant Warden (as Faan Mooi Saang)
Ka-Kui Ho	...	Warden Sugiyama
Yukari Ôshima	...	Yomi - Huang Chaun
Frankie Chin	...	Narumi - Hai
Tetsurô Tanba	...	Master Zhang Shan-Gui
Gloria Yip	...	Keiko - Riki's Girlfriend
Philip Kwok	...	Lin Hung
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suet Lam
Daan Bob Chit Long
Gregory Marshall Smith	...	P.A. System announcer (voice: English version)
Kôichi Sugisaki	...	Kitamakura
Ji Keung Wong
Cheng Chuen Yam	...	Wildcat

Directed by
Ngai Kai Lam		(as Simon Nam)

Writing credits
Tetsuya Saruwatari		(manga "Riki-oh")
Ngai Kai Lam		(screenplay)

Produced by
Chan Dung Chow	....	producer
Lam Chua	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Fei Lit Chan

Cinematography by
Hoi-man Mak

Film Editing by
Yiu Chung Cheng
Chuen Dak Geung

Art Direction by
Gim Seng Hiu
Kim-Sing Ho

Costume Design by
Mei Shing Wang

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chuk Gwan Dang	....	assistant director
Siu Chiang Man	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Siu-Lung Ching	....	sound effects
Peter 'Duck' McDonald	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Philip Kwok	....	stunt coordinator (as Chun-Fung Kwok)

Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Warren	....	best boy

Other crew
Chan Fung Gok	....	action designer

Production Companies

• Diagonal Pictures
• Golden Harvest Company
• Paragon Films Ltd.

Distributors

• Golden Harvest Company
• Hong Kong Legends (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Manga Films (Spain)
• Media Asia Distribution
• Media Blasters
• Tokyo Shock
• Universal Home Video (2005) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Cinerent  camera and lighting equipment provided by (as Cine Supply)
• Media Business Service Limited  sound mixing studio (as Media Sound)

Also Known As:

"Lik Wong" - Hong Kong (original title)
"King of Strength" - International (English title) (literal title)
"Story of Ricky" - Hong Kong (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for some drug content (edited for re-rating)

Runtime:

Germany:91 min | Japan:91 min | USA:88 min (unrated version)

Country:

Hong Kong | Japan

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | West Germany:(Banned) | Ireland:(Banned) | Finland:K-18 | Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | Taiwan:R-18 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Norway:18 | Netherlands:16 | Mexico:C | Malaysia:(Banned) | Japan:R-15 | Italy:VM18 | Ireland:18 (re-rating) (2002) | Hungary:18 | France:-16 | Czech Republic:18 | Chile:18 | Canada:R (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:R (Alberta/Manitoba/Prince Edward Island) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Brazil:18

Company:

Diagonal Pictures

Trivia:

Mei Sheng Fan, the actor who played the Assistant Warden, is the father of Siu-Wong Fan, the actor who played Riki-Oh.

Quotes:

Zorro:I was promised seven bags of rice to turn you into mince meat and put you in a pie.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Superjail!: Combaticus (#1.2)" (2008)

Ultra-gory and mega-funny!

This film could be seen as the Chinese version of "Braindead" aka "Dead Alive": a Bruce Lee-like guy named Ricky, who´s talented with supernatural powers, fights his way through a corrupt prison and leaves a trail of blood and guts behind him. For sure, "Story of Ricky" is a very violent and gory flick, but everything in it is so exaggerated that no one should take it too serious: there is gut-strangulation, people in a meat grinder and for the showdown the leader of the prison mutates to a giant Kung Fu-fighting monster..! However, this film is so funny that you will laugh your heads off! Larded with typical Asian humor "Story of Ricky" is one of the definite cult movies that were shot in the last decade! If you had fun with it, try also to find director Ngai Kai Lam´s Indiana Jones-fantasy-action-gore-adventure "The Seventh Curse" (Check out the review which I wrote under my former pseudonym "Daywalker"..!) starring Chow Yun Fat, which contains nearly the same plenty of gore and curious ideas as this one has! Two great films that would make a great double-feature!! Check´em out!!!