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Contract Killer (1998)
"Sat sau ji wong" (original title)

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Two hitmen, one a novice and the other a veteran with poor luck, band together to find the "King of Killers" for whom there is a large reward.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Fu
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Ngok Lo
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Officer Chan Kwan
Gigi Leung ...
Kiki (as GiGi Leung)
Keiji Sato ...
Eiji Tsukamoto (as Sato Keiji)
Paul Rapovski ...
Tall Guy - Eiji's Bodyguard
Kwong Kim Yip ...
Martin (as Ip Kwong Kim)
Hideri Meiken ...
(as Hidari Meiken)
Timmy Ho ...
David
Chi Hung Ng ...
Father at Amusement Park (as Ng Chi Hung)
John Ching ...
Kau (as Chen Tung)
Kenji Sahara ...
Mr. Tsukamoto (as Sahara Kenji)
Minori Ikarashi ...
(as Ikarashi Minori)
Mika Kawanabe ...
(as Kawanabe Mika)
Masako Enokimaru ...
(as Enokimaru Masako)
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Storyline

Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon, but things complicate when the tycoon is killed and he is forced to ally with a misfortunate hitman to find the "King of the Hitman." Written by ravedragon

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Rated R for violence and some language | See all certifications »

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3 April 1998 (Hong Kong)  »

Also Known As:

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Trivia

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Quotes

Kwan: [sipping some coffee] What's this?
[a secretary says it's decaf]
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Spoofs A Better Tomorrow (1986) See more »

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"Devotion"
Written by C. Hicks, C. Manak
Performed by Peanut Butter Wold featuring Charizma
Courtesy of Stones Throw Records
Published by Stones Throw Publishing (ASCAP)
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Mystery/action film starring Jet Li as a newbie hitman.
5 August 1998 | by (Oregon, USA) – See all my reviews

This film is unique among the Jet Li collection because, first, Jet's voice is not dubbed (i.e., viewers actually hear him speak accented Cantonese), and, second, Jet's character, Ah Fu, is rather inept, lacking the characteristic coolness common to most of Jet's other roles. Jet Li has certainly done better films than this, but Hitman is worth a watch simply because it is quite different from all the rest.


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