King of Chess (1991)

6.9/10 110 min Drama

Overview

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

Cast

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Wang Yisheng

John Shum Kin-Fun

Ching Ling

Yim Ho

Chung

King Shih-chieh

Lanky Ngai

John Chan Koon-Chung

Prof. Lau Yue Bok

O Sing-Pui

Recommendations

Eleanor the Great
Gigi & Nate
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Starving in Suburbia
Skin
Tigertail
What Maisie Knew
The Last Dance
Winged Creatures
TalhotBlond
Come Sunday
Holy Lands
Jonathan
The Browning Version
Helen
A Question of Faith
The Pumpkin Eater
Vanya on 42nd Street
The Girl in the Book
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain