Queen of Underworld

Queen of Underworld

1991•1h 37m•4.8/10

ComedyCrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.8/10(10)

Popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip plays Sister Har -- a seminal figure in 1960s and '70s Hong Kong nightlife -- in this biographical film that follows the scenester's rise and fall from the upper echelons of society to the glamour and excess of Hong Kong's teeming underworld. A truly fascinating portrait of the allure and excess that were part of the fabric of Asia's favorite playground.

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Production

Jing's Production Limited

Language

CN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Amy Yip Chi-Mei

Amy Yip Chi-Mei

Helena Wong Ha

Shing Fui-On

Shing Fui-On

Brother Cheung

Pal Sinn Lap-Man

Pal Sinn Lap-Man

Alan

Gigi Lai Chi

Gigi Lai Chi

Butterfly Lam

Pauline Chan Bo-Lin

Pauline Chan Bo-Lin

Linda

Patrick Hon Jun

Handsome Chiu

Blackie Ko Sau-Leung

Blackie Ko Sau-Leung

Crazy Kwong

Otomo Rena

Otomo Rena

Po Shan

Ray Lui

Ray Lui

Cripple Ho

Richard Ng Man-Tat

Richard Ng Man-Tat

Brother Zai

Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

An Tung

Mark Cheung Lui

Mark Cheung Lui

C.I.D.

Lam Wai-Hung

Lam Wai-Hung

Uncle King

Mantic Yiu

Mrs Shan

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

School principal

Charlie Cho Cha-Lee

Charlie Cho Cha-Lee

John Ching Tung

John Ching Tung

Lo Hung

Lo Hung

Louis Roth

Louis Roth

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