Follow the Star
1978 Hong Kong action comedy film
Follow the Star | |
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Traditional Chinese | 大煞星與小妹頭 |
Hanyu Pinyin | dà shā xīng yǔ xiǎo mèi tóu |
Jyutping | daai6 saat3 seng1 jyu4 siu2 mui6 tau4 |
Directed by | John Woo |
Produced by | Raymond Chow |
Music by | Frankie Chan |
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Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Follow the Star is a 1978 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by John Woo and starring Rowena Cortes.[2]
Plot
Miss Chen (Rowena Cortes) is a rich pop singer, and her father (John Woo) is a former criminal. On his last job before retiring, he keeps the crew's haul all for himself, and goes into hiding. One day while getting her car repaired by mechanic Ah Sing (Roy Chiao), Miss Chen is kidnapped by her father's former partners, who demand a ransom.
Cast
- Rowena Cortes as Miss Chen
- John Woo as Miss Chen's father
- Roy Chiao as Ah Sing
References
External links
- Follow the Star at IMDb
- Follow the Star at Rotten Tomatoes
- Follow the Star at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
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Films by John Woo
- The Dragon Tamers (1975, also wrote)
- Hand of Death (1976, also wrote)
- Follow the Star (1978)
- Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979, also wrote and produced)
- From Riches to Rags (1980, also wrote)
- Laughing Times (1980, also wrote)
- Run, Tiger, Run (1984, also produced)
- Heroes Shed No Tears (1984, also wrote)
- A Better Tomorrow (1986, also wrote and produced)
- A Better Tomorrow II (1987, also wrote)
- The Killer (1989, also wrote)
- Just Heroes (1989)
- Bullet in the Head (1990, also wrote and produced)
- Once a Thief (1991, also wrote)
- Hard Boiled (1992, also wrote)
- Hard Target (1993)
- Broken Arrow (1996)
- Once a Thief (1996)
- Face/Off (1997)
- Blackjack (1998)
- Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
- Windtalkers (2002, also produced)
- Paycheck (2003, also produced)
- All the Invisible Children (2005, segment "Song Song and Little Cat")
- Red Cliff (2008, also wrote and produced)
- Reign of Assassins (2010, also produced)
- The Crossing (2014, also produced)
- Manhunt (2017)
- Silent Night (2023, also produced)
- The Killer (2024, also produced)
- A Better Tomorrow (2010)
- A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989)
- Peace Hotel (1995)
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)
- The Big Hit (1998)
- Bulletproof Monk (2003)
- Blood Brothers (2007)
- Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007)
- Seediq Bale (2011)
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