But for the first part of the story the movie cuts between the life of the cool, confident gangster played by Lin and the vacillating, insecure cop played by Kaneshiro. They don’t meet again until near the end of the story. While doing this she bumps into a cop named Qiwu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) while he is chasing another criminal. The movie stars Takeshi Kaneshiro (as Qiwu), Brigitte Lin (as the wigged gangster), Tony Leung (as Police officer 633), and Faye Wong (as Faye).Īn example of two of the movie’s separate but simultaneously occurring stories overlapping.Ĭhungking Express has two stories, which have similar themes and overlap in some parts, but which stand alone as two separate tales.Īs the movie opens at night on the streets of Hong Kong, a beautiful, mysterious blonde-wigged Chinese gangster wearing sunglasses(Brigitte Lin) is conducting illegal business in an Indian ghetto. It won Best Picture at the 1995 Hong Kong film awards, as well as awards for best actor (Tony Leung), best director (Wong), and nominations for best actress (Faye Wong), best cinematography (Christopher Doyle) and best screenplay (Wong Kar Wai) among others. The film made $600,200 in the U.S., $7.6 million in Hong Kong and $8.2 million worldwide. No info is available on its budget, though the director himself has said it was very low. Wong Kar Wai)įaye (Faye Wong) up to mischief in Chungking ExpressįILM DATA: TRAILER (in high definition): Ĭhungking Express (filmed in Hong Kong) directed by Wong Kar Wai, was released in 1994 in Hong Kong and 1996 in the United States.