God of Gamblers

Name: God of Gamblers
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1989-12-14
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Joey Wong, Sharla Cheung, Charles Heung

High stakes… A deadly gamble.

賭神 (1989)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

7.2/10
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Release date

1989-12-14

Country

Hong Kong, Macau

Production

Win's Movie Productions, Nova Media

Genre

Action, Comedy, Drama

Budget

Revenue

$4 762 337

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Director

Wong Jing

Actors

Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Joey Wong, Sharla Cheung, Charles Heung, Lung Fong, Bau Hon-Lam, Yeung Chak-Lam, Shing Fui-On, Ng Man-tat
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Wong Jing, Albert Mak Kai-Kwong

Producer

Jimmy Heung Wah-Sing, Wong Jing

Operator

Peter Pau Tak-Hai

Composer

Lowell Lo Koon-Ting

Artist

Audition

Editing

Robert Choi
All team (24)

Short description

Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler, meant for an Indian servant. Struck on the head, Ko suffers from amnesia and regresses to a child-like state. Knife takes care of Ko and begins to exploit Ko's gambling talents.

What's left behind the scenes

During filming, the lead actors, Chow Yun-Fat and Andy Lau, performed all the complex card manipulations themselves.
The cheating technique used in the film is real and is called "hand mucking".
The card game played by the characters is five-card stud poker, popular in the US from 1900 to 1960, but now virtually unknown.

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