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The Story of Woo Viet

Original title: 胡越的故事
Director: Ann Hui
Cast: Chow Yun-fat Cora Miao Lo Lieh Cherie Chung
Genre: Drama
Premiere: 1981
Running time: 92 min
Country: Hong Kong

The Story of Woo Viet is a 1981 Hong Kong political drama directed by Ann Hui and starring Chow Yun-fat as the title character, Woo Viet. The assistant director was Stanley Kwan and the action choreographer was Ching Siu-tung.

The film was one of the first political dramas made in Hong Kong. It used the story of Vietnamese refugees (boat people) to reflect on Hong Kong's handling of the refugee issue, and also on Hong Kong's sentiment regarding their uncertain future of sovereignty at the time. It is also the second part of Ann Hui's Vietnamese trilogy.

The movie features a famous Cantonese song, "This is Love", sung by Teddy Robin, the producer of this movie.

In the United States, the film is marketed under the title God of Killers, capitalizing on Chow's popularity in heroic bloodshed films.

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The Story of Woo Viet is a movie (1981) from Hong Kong. Genre: drama. Directed by Ann Hui. Starring Chow Yun-fat, Cora Miao, Lo Lieh and Cherie Chung. Running time: 92 min.

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