A Hero Never Dies

1998 Hong Kong film

30 September 1998 (1998-09-30)

Running time

98 minutesCountryHong KongLanguageCantoneseBox officeHK$6,360,165.00

A Hero Never Dies (Chinese: 真心英雄; pinyin: Zhen xin ying xiong; Cantonese Yale: Chan sam ying hung; literal title: True Heart Hero) ^[1] is a 1998 Hong Kong action crime drama, and the first Milkyway Image film to be directed by Johnnie To.

Starring Leon Lai and Lau Ching-wan, A Hero Never Dies is a heroic bloodshed tale centering on the friendship and rivalry of two Triads in the midst of a gang war. The film has often been compared to the 1986 Hong Kong film A Better Tomorrow as both films involve characters who wind up being betrayed by their bosses.^[2]

Cast and roles

Leon Lai as Jack
Lau Ching-wan as Martin
Fiona Leung as Fiona, Martin's girlfriend
Yoyo Mung as Yoyo, Jack's girlfriend
Henry Fong as Mr. Fong
Yen Shi-Kwan as Boss Yam
Keiji Sato as Killer
Michael Lam as Bodyguard
Yuen Bun
Cheung Chi-ping
Lam Suet
Chiu Chi-shing
Law Ching-ting
Wong Tin-lam as Wong
Law Wing-cheung
Philip Keung

References

^ HKMDB
^ A Hero Never Dies: Reviews^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

A Hero Never Dies at IMDb
Hong Kong Cinemagic entry
A Hero Never Dies at hkmdb.com

Milkyway Image

Films

Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
Intruder (1997)
The Odd One Dies (1997)
Final Justice (1996)
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
The Longest Nite (1998)
Expect the Unexpected (1998)
A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Where a Good Man Goes (1999)
Running Out of Time (1999)
The Mission (1999)
Sealed with a Kiss (1999)
Help!!! (2000)
Needing You... (2000)
Comeuppance (2000)
Love on a Diet (2001)
Fulltime Killer (2001)
Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
Gimme Gimme (2001)
Wu yen (2001)
Let's Sing Along
Second Time Around (2001)
Fat Choi Spirit (2002)
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
PTU (2003)
Looking for Mister Perfect (2003)
Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
Running on Karma (2003)
Love for All Seasons (2003)
Breaking News (2004)
Throw Down (2004)
Yesterday Once More (2004)
Election (2005)
2 Become 1 (2006)
Election 2 (2006)
Exiled (2006)
Eye in the Sky (2007)
Triangle (2007)
Hooked on You (2007)
Mad Detective (2007)
Linger (2008)
Sparrow (2008)
Tactical Unit - The Code (2008)
Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008)
Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008)
Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009)
Tactical Unit - Partners (2009)
Accident (2009)
Vengeance (2009)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011)
Punished (2011)
Life Without Principle (2011)
Drug War (2012)
Blind Detective (2013)
A Complicated Story (2014)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014)
Office (2015)
Trivisa (2016)
Three (2016)
Chasing Dream (2019)
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
Mad Fate (2023)

Filmmakers

Screenwriters

Crew

See also

Tactical Unit series

v t e Films directed by Johnnie To
Films	Happy Ghost III (1986) The Eighth Happiness (1988) All About Ah-Long (1989) The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990) Casino Raiders II (1991) Justice, My Foot! (1992) The Bare-Footed Kid (1993) The Heroic Trio (1993) The Mad Monk (1993) A Moment of Romance III (1996) Lifeline (1997) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) PTU (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Romancing in Thin Air (2012) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Office (2015) Three (2016) Chasing Dream (2019)
Films with Wai Ka-fai	Needing You... (2000) Wu yen (2001) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Mad Detective (2007)
Co-director	The Big Heat (1988) The Royal Scoundrel (1991) Executioners (1993) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
See also	Milkyway Image Filmography Awards and honors Tactical Unit series