Heroes Shed No Tears (1986 film)
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| Directed by | John Woo |
| Produced by | Peter Chan |
| Written by | John Woo |
| Starring | Eddy Ko |
| Music by |
Tang Siu-Lam Chung Shiu-Fung |
| Cinematography | Kenichi Naragawa |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Heroes Shed No Tears (Chinese: 英雄無淚; Cantonese Yale: Ying Xiong Wei Lei) is a 1986 Hong Kong action/war film written and directed by John Woo, produced by Peter Chan, and starring Eddy Ko. Released prior to the success of Woo's A Better Tomorrow, the film is a story about a group of mercenaries on a mission to extract a drug lord from the Indochina area.
Plot
The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries led by Chan Chung to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle Area near the Vietnamese border with Laos. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but his men are trying to set him free. Along the way the heroes cross into Vietnam and must face a sadistic Vietnamese colonel as well as protect the family of Chang Chung which lives in a village near the border.
Cast
- Eddy Ko - Chan Chung
- Lam Ching-ying - Vietnamese colonel
- Ma Ying-Chun -Kenny
- Philippe Loffredo - Louis
- Cécile Le Bailly - French girl
- Lee Hoi-Suk - Julie
- Chin Yuet-Sang - Chin
Release
The film exhibits some of John Woo's distinguishing marks, though he was reportedly dissatisfied with the end film and decided to shelve the project. However, after the success of A Better Tomorrow, the studio released this title and it gained moderate success under the title Sunset Warrior. On 17 July 2006, Contender Entertainment Group released the film on DVD and it is now out of print. It was re-released on 28 October 2011 by Cine-Asia on DVD.
Box office
The film grossed a weak HK $2,833,051 at the Hong Kong box office.
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