Stars and Roses (orig. Ai ren tong zhi) is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung as a Vietnamese translator.
Plot Lau Kai Cho (Andy Lau) travels to Vietnam for a story. Once in Vietnam, he briefly meets Yuen Hung (Cherie Chung), a translator and is involved in an accident after crashing a motorised rickshaw. The courts hand him a prison sentence in a strict prison where he is subject to a number of horrible punishments.
While in prison, he meets Yuen's brother, upon his release, Lau and Yuen become more friendly until Lau is imprisoned again for anti-government activity. Sentenced to 3 years he plots to escape from prison taking Yuen Hung's brother with him.
Cast Andy Lau as Lau Kai Cho Cherie Chung as Yuen Hung Sheila Chan as Lawyer Chan Shing Fui-On as Chen Fei Ehn Hung San-Nam Lam Wai as Hung's boyfriend Lau Chun-Fai Leung Ming Lung Ming-Yan as Nam Wai Gei-Shun
Production The film was shot in Hong Kong and Vietnam.
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