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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   15,245 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Kar Wai Wong (writer)
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Release Date:
8 March 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...
Plot:
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color... more | full synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(33 articles)
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User Comments:
Wong Kar-Wei's Best more (121 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Brigitte Lin ... Woman in blonde wig (as Ching-hsia Lin)

Tony Leung Chiu Wai ... Cop 663
Faye Wong ... Faye
Takeshi Kaneshiro ... He Zhiwu, Cop 223

Valerie Chow ... Air Hostess
Chen Jinquan ... Manager of 'Midnight Express'
Lee-na Kwan ... Richard (as Guan Lina)
Zhiming Huang ... Man
Liang Zhen ... The 2nd May
Songshen Zuo ... Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Chungking Express (UK) (USA)
Chongqing senlin (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Chung King Express (Hong Kong: English title)
Chungking Jungle (literal English title)
Hong Kong Express (Europe: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexuality and drug content.
Runtime:
Hong Kong:98 min | 102 min (international version)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Originally, there was going to be three parts to the film. The third part instead became Wong Kar-Wai's "Fallen Angels" film. more
Quotes:
He Zhiwu, Cop 223: We split up on April Fool's Day. So I decided to let the joke run for a month. Every day I buy a can of pineapple with a sell-by date of May 1. May loves pineapple, and May 1 is my birthday. If May hasn't changed her mind by the time I've bought thirty cans, then our love will also expire. more
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Soundtrack:
What a Difference a Day Makes more

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25 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
Wong Kar-Wei's Best, 26 April 2002
10/10
Author: Yum from Los Angeles, CA

Flawless tale of brief encounters and abstract moments. Far superior than most of Hong Kong's bullet ridden action fests, Chungking Express takes you on an emotional journey of love, loss, and chance excursions. Cinematography and editing is groundbreaking as this drama unfolds soap-opera-like stories without all the overacting and melodrama. Wong Kar-Wei has sealed his place in cinematic history with this tour de force.

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