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School on Fire

School on Fire
Film poster
Directed byRingo Lam
Written byNam Yin
Produced byKarl Maka
Catherine S. K. Chang
StarringSarah Lee
Damian Lau
Fennie Yuen
Lam Ching-ying
Roy Cheung
CinematographyJoe Chan
Edited byCinema City Editing Unit
Tony Chow
Music byLowell Lo
Production
company
Distributed byCinema City
Release date
  • 20 August 1988 (1988-08-20) (Hong Kong)
CountryBritish Hong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$13,737,107
School on Fire
Traditional Chinese學校風雲
Literal meaningSchool Wind and Cloud
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinghok6 haau6 fung1 wan4

School on Fire (學校風雲) is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Ringo Lam. The film involves a young schoolgirl Chu Yuen Fong (Fennie Yuen) who becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart (Roy Cheung), Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.[1]

Plot

The film involves a young schoolgirl Chu Yuen Fong (Fennie Yuen) who becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart (Roy Cheung), Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.

Cast

  • Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying as Chu Yuen Fong
  • Sarah Lee Lai-Yu as Sandy Kwok Siu-Chun
  • Damian Lau as Wan
  • Lam Ching-ying as Brother Hoi
  • Roy Cheung as Brother Smart
  • Terrence Fok Shui-Wah as Howard / "Scar"
  • Joe Chu Kai-Sang as Lau Yong / "Sa-Pei"
  • William Ho Ka-Kui as "Happy"
  • Victor Hon as Chu Man-hung
  • Tommy Wong Kwong-Leung as Chuen Ngor
  • Chan Lap-Ban as Sandy's grandmother
  • Li Kwong-Tim as Sandy's father
  • Cheung Lui as Brother Shing
  • Frankie Ng Chi-Hung as Brother Tin-chiu
  • Ricky Ho Pui-Tung as George Chow

Uncut version

The theatrical version was edited with many scenes censored in order to be released publicly in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. The uncut version can be only found on the Tai Seng VHS Video Release from Rainbow Audio & Video Co.

Awards

The film won actress Sarah Lee the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Ringo Lam". Fortune Star Entertainment. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ "第8屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單". Hong Kong Film Awards. Retrieved 13 November 2011.


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