Du shen (1989)

Director:

Jing Wong

Writer:

Jing Wong (writer)

Release Date:

14 December 1989 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A master gambler loses his memory, and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.

Plot Keywords:

Gambler | Gambling | Cult Favorite | Gambling Syndicate | Chocolate

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Yun-Fat Chow	...	Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (as Chow Yun Fat)
Andy Lau	...	Michael Chan / Little Knife / Dagger
Joey Wang	...	Jane
Fong Lung	...	Ko Yee (as Lung Fong)
Fui-On Shing	...	Kau
Charles Heung	...	Lung Wu / 'Dragon'
Sharla Cheung	...	Janet (as Man Cheung)
Man Tat Ng	...	Brother Shing
Hon Lam Bau	...	Chan Kam-Shing
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dennis Chan	...	Doctor
Lap Ban Chan	...	Knife's grandmother
Michael Chow Man-Kin	...	Casino Manager
Ching-Ho Law	...	Skinny
Michiko Nishiwaki	...	Ko Chun's female Yakuza opponent
Maggie Blue O'Hara	...	Betty (voice: English version)
Yasuyoshi Shikamura
Jing Wong	...	John in Bordello
Ronald Wong	...	Crawl
Sen Wong	...	Jane's Father
Tse Lin Yang	...	Nam (as Chak Lam Yeung)
Shangguang Yu	...	Jane's Mother

Also Known As:

Dao san (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
God of Gamblers (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | UK:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:R

Company:

Win's Movie Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

The God of Gambler's "card changing" technique is a form of handmucking. The technique used in the film consisted of switching cards from the same deck. However, not all of the steps are shown.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Yee and Ko Chun are in the hospital, Ko Chun has a large, circular blood stain on his head bandage. But when Knife breaks in, the blood stain is smaller and changes shape.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Du xia da zhan Lasi Weijiasi (1999)

Soundtrack:

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

my favourite 'heroic bloodshed' movie

Inspiring and often hilarious, this movie should not be missed by anyone.

Gasp in amazement as Chow Yun showes his 'mah jong' opponents no mercy!

Laugh as Chow's head is beaten again and again!

Grab your wallet and puchase a copy!

This movie is great - action, storyline, step-in part by the director, comedy: God of Gamblers has them all. Make sure you watch the dubbed version or the ending will not be the same... (you'll see what I mean)

Watch out for the product plugs for Disney and the blatent disrespect showed to Masterfoods corp. as Chow yun refuses to eat m&ms in stead of his 'favourite'

Now sit back and enjoy as Chow Yun and Andy Lau take part in one of HK's finest.