Days of Being Wild
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Genre: World cinema, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Ensemble Film, Drama, Chinese, Chinese Movies
Year: 1990
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese, Tagalog language, Tamil Language, Filipino language, English Language, Shanghainese, Standard Mandarin
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Rebecca Pan, Hung Mei-Mei, Danilo Antunes, Ling-Hung Ling
Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film stars some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Carina Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau. Tony Leung Chiu Wai also appears in a silent cameo role lasting several minutes in the final shot of the film. Days of Being Wild also marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, with whom he has since made eight films.
The movie forms the first part of an informal trilogy, together with In the Mood for Love (released in 2000) and 2046 (released in 2004).
The movie is set in Hong Kong and the Philippines in 1960. Yuddy, or 'York' in English (Leslie Cheung), is a playboy in Hong Kong and is well known for stealing girls' hearts and breaking them. His first victim is Li Zhen (Maggie Cheung) who suffered emotional and mental depression as a result of Yuddy's wayward attitude. Li Zhen eventually seeks much-needed solace from a sympathetic policeman named Tide (Andy Lau). Their near-romance is often hinted at but never materialises.
York has forgotten his fling with the unassuming and shy Li Zhen and has set his attentions to a
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