Chungking Express

Chungking Express is a 1994 drama movie made in Hong Kong. It was directed by Wong Kar-wai. The movie has two stories, one after the other. Each story is about a policeman who is unlucky in love. The main actors in the first half were Takeshi Kaneshiro and Brigitte Lin. The second half of the movie stars Tony Leung as a different policeman.^[3] Valerie Chow plays the flight attendant.^[3] The movie features the American song "California Dreamin'" and other songs by Faye Wong. The movie received good reviews.^[4]

Chungking Express
Original title	重慶森林
Cantonese	Cung4 Hing3 Sam1 Lam4
Directed by	Wong Kar-wai
Written by	Wong Kar-wai
Produced by	Chan Yi-kan
Starring	Brigitte Lin Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Faye Wong Takeshi Kaneshiro
Cinematography	Christopher Doyle Andrew Lau (Lau Wai-Keung)
Edited by	William Chang Kai Kit-wai Kwong Chi-Leung
Music by	Frankie Chan Roel. A Garcia
Production company	Jet Tone Production
Distributed by	Ocean Shores Video (HK) Miramax Films Rolling Thunder Pictures (US)
Release date	14 July 1994 (1994-07-14) (Hong Kong) [1]
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Mandarin Chinese English Japanese Hindi
Box office	$600,200 (US)[2] $7,678,549 (HK)[1]

References

1. "Hong Kong film archive database: ''Chungking Express''". Ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
2. "''Chunking Express'' at Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. 16 April 1996. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
3. Janet Maslin (26 September 1994). "Chungking Express (1994) FILM REVIEW; Mocking MTV Style And Paying Homage to It". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
4. "Chungking Express 1996". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster Inc. Retrieved 2 March 2015.