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Days of Being Wild

Original title: Ah Fei jing juen
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  • 1h 34m
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7.5/10
22K
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Days of Being Wild (1990)
A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.
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A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
22K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Writers
    • Jeffrey Lau
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Stars
    • Leslie Cheung
    • Maggie Cheung
    • Andy Lau
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Writers
    • Jeffrey Lau
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Stars
    • Leslie Cheung
    • Maggie Cheung
    • Andy Lau
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 57User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 9 nominations

    Videos1

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    Trailer 1:26
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    Photos753

    Carina Lau in Days of Being Wild (1990)
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    Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, and Carina Lau in Days of Being Wild (1990)
    Michelle Reis in As Tears Go By (1988)
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    Top cast

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    Leslie Cheung
    Leslie Cheung
    • Yuddyas Yuddy
    Maggie Cheung
    Maggie Cheung
    • Su Li-zhenas Su Li-zhen
    Andy Lau
    Andy Lau
    • Tideas Tide
    Carina Lau
    Carina Lau
    • Leung Fung-yingas Leung Fung-ying
    Rebecca Pan
    Rebecca Pan
    • Rebeccaas Rebecca
    • (as Tik-Wa Poon)
    Jacky Cheung
    Jacky Cheung
    • Zebas Zeb
    Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
    Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
    • Chow Mo-wanas Chow Mo-wan
    • (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)
    Danilo Antunes
    • Rebecca's Loveras Rebecca's Lover
    Mei-Mei Hung
    • The Amahas The Amah
    Ling-Ling Hung
    Ling-Ling Hung
    • Nurseas Nurse
    Tita Muñoz
    • Yuddy's Motheras Yuddy's Mother
    Alicia Alonzo
    Alicia Alonzo
    • Housekeeperas Housekeeper
    Elena Lim So
    • Hotel Manageressas Hotel Manageress
    Maritoni Fernandez
    Maritoni Fernandez
    • Hotel Maidas Hotel Maid
    Angela Ponos
    • Prostituteas Prostitute
    Nonong Talbo
    • Train Conductoras Train Conductor
    • Director
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • Writers
      • Jeffrey Lau
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film was supposed to be the first part of a project. But due to its relatively poor performance at the box office when it was first released, the producers decided not to finish the second part. The nameless character that appears in the last scene played by Tony Chiu-Wai Leung is supposedly the main character in the second part.
    • Goofs
      When Tide checks into the hotel, the hotel manageress hands him the key to Room 206. However, in the next scene, Tide uses the key to enter Room 204. This, however, may not be so much a 'goof' as another recurrence of the number '2046' seen so often in Wong Kar-Wai's films.
    • Quotes

      Yuddy: I used to think there was a kind of bird that, once born, would keep flying until death. The fact is that the bird hasn't gone anywhere. It was dead from the beginning.

    • Connections
      Featured in Still Love You After All These (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Jungle Drums (Cantonese cover)
      Music by Ernesto Lecuona & J. Cacabas

      Lyrics by Sharon Chung

      Performed by Anita Mui

    User reviews57

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    My favorite Wong Kar Wai movie
    I guess the main reason that this is my favorite WKW movie is that it's one of the least abstract of his movies and I feel like the viewer becomes more emotionally involved with the characters because of that. The music, as always with WKW, is wonderful and the cinematography is fine, I especially like all the shots of the lush tropical forests. It isn't as beautifully photographed as many of his later films like chungking express and in the mood for love. And it doesn't feature much of the fancy techniques that WKW likes to employ in movies like fallen angels or happy together. Still I think this is my favorite of Wong Kar Wai's movies, not necessarily the best, but the one I enjoy the most. Highly Recommended.
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    • Aug 19, 2010

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 15, 1990 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • Shanghainese
      • Tagalog
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • A Phi Chính Truyện
    • Filming locations
      • Philippines
    • Production company
      • In-Gear Film
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $146,310
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $18,090
      • Nov 21, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,255,404
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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