9th Hong Kong Film Awards

The 9th Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1989 and took place on 8 April 1990 at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by Philip Chan and John Sham, during the ceremony awards are presented in 15 categories.

9th Hong Kong Film Awards
Date	8 April 1990
Site	The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Hosted by	Philip Chan and John Sham
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Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[1][2][3][4]

Best Film Beyond the Sunset‡ Eight Taels of Gold A Fishy Story All About Ah Long The Killer	Best Director John Woo — The Killer‡ Johnnie To — All About Ah-Long Jacob Cheung — Beyond the Sunset Anthony Chan — A Fishy Story Mabel Cheung — Eight Taels of Gold
Best Screenplay Jacob Cheung and Chan Kam Cheung — Beyond the Sunset‡ Ng Man Fai, Philip Cheng Chung Tai — All About Ah Long John Woo — The Killer Lip Wang Fung, Wong Man Yu, Lau Shek Yin and Gordon Chan — The Yuppie Fantasia Derek Yee and Wong Chi Yat — Bachelor's Swan Song Alex Law and Mabel Cheung — Eight Taels of Gold	Best Actor Chow Yun-fat — All About-Ah Long‡ Jackie Chan — Miracles Richard Ng — Beyond the Sunset Chow Yun-fat — God of Gamblers Sammo Hung — Eight Taels of Gold Michael Hui — Mr. Coconut
Best Actress Maggie Cheung — A Fishy Story‡ Carrie Ng — The First Time Is the Last Time Fung Bo Bo — Beyond the Sunset Sylvia Chang — Eight Taels of Gold Sylvia Chang — All About Ah Long Carina Lau — Her Beautiful Life Lies	Best Supporting Actor Tony Leung — My Heart Is That Eternal Rose‡ Paul Chu Kong — The Killer Shing Fui-On — Stars & Roses Wong Kwan Yuen — All About Ah Long
Best Supporting Actress Cecilia Yip — Beyond the Sunset‡ Pauline Wong — Web of Deception Meg Lam — The First Time Is the Last Time Seung Tin Ngoh — Sentenced to Hang Josephine Koo — A Fishy Story	Best New Performer Kwong Wa — Life Goes On‡ Sin Lap Man — The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus Wong Kwan Yuen — All About Ah Long Lung Fong — Casino Raiders Law Chi Wai — Beyond the Sunset
Best Film Editing Fan Kung Wing — The Killer‡ Peter Cheung — Miracles Wong Chi Hung — The First Time Is the Last Time Chiang Kwok Kuen — My Heart Is That Eternal Rose Poon Hung — The Iceman Cometh	Best Cinematography Peter Pau — A Fishy Story‡ Christopher Doyle — Her Beautiful Life Lies Wong Wing Hung, Peter Pau — The Killer Bill Wong — Eight Taels of Gold Poon Hang Sang — The Iceman Cometh
Best Art Direction Szeto Wai Yung — A Fishy Story‡ Eddie Ma — Miracles Luk Chi Fung — A Better Tomorrow III Yank Wong — Beyond the Sunset Patrick Tam, Eddie Mok — My Heart Is That Eternal Rose	Best Action Direction Jackie Chan's Stuntman Association — Miracles‡ Sammo Hung's Stunt Team, Yuen Wah and Yuen Tak — The Iceman Cometh Brandy Yuen, Mang Hoi and Sammo Hung's Stunt Team — Pedicab Driver
Best Original Film Score Lo Ta-yu and Lo Sai Kit — Eight Taels of Gold‡ Lowell Lo — A Better Tomorrow III Lo Ta-yu and Lo Sai Kit — All About Ah Long	Best Original Film Song Composer: Lowell Lo • Lyrics: Poon Yuen Leung • Singer: Julie Su — Pedicab Driver‡ Composer/Lyrics: Lo Ta-yu • Singer: Chyi Yu — Eight Taels of Gold Composer: Lo Ta-yu • Lyrics: Richard Lam • Singer: Chow Yun-fat — Triads: the Inside Story Composer: Lo Ta-yu • Lyrics/Singer: Sam Hui — All About Ah Long Composer: Wong Ka Kui • Lyrics: Paul Wong • Singer: Wong Ka Kui — The Black Wall
Professional Achievement Yat-Hung Chu‡