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2 Cast  





3 Uncut version  





4 Awards  





5 Notes  





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School on Fire
Film poster
Directed byRingo Lam
Written byNam Yin
Produced byKarl Maka
Catherine S. K. Chang
StarringSarah Lee
Damian Lau
Fennie Yuen
Lam Ching-ying
Roy Cheung
CinematographyJoe Chan
Edited byCinema City Editing Unit
Tony Chow
Music byLowell Lo

Production
company

Cinema City

Distributed byCinema City

Release date

  • 20 August 1988 (1988-08-20) (Hong Kong)
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$13,737,107

School on Fire (學校風雲) is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Ringo Lam. The film involves a young schoolgirl Chu Yuen Fong (Fennie Yuen) who becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart (Roy Cheung), Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.[1]

Plot

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The film involves a young schoolgirl Chu Yuen Fong (Fennie Yuen) who becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart (Roy Cheung), Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.

Cast

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Uncut version

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The theatrical version was edited with many scenes censored in order to be released publicly in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. The uncut version can be only found on the Tai Seng VHS Video Release from Rainbow Audio & Video Co.

Awards

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The film won actress Sarah Lee the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Ringo Lam". Fortune Star Entertainment. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  • ^ "第8屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單". Hong Kong Film Awards. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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