On the eve of her wedding, Hitomi loses her fiance Tatsuya to a car accident. She travels to Hong Kong seeking solace and meets undercover cop Karbo — a dead ringer for Tatsuya. The duo is forced to take it on the lam when a corrupt colleague frames Karbo, and Hitomi soon finds herself torn between her love for Tatsuya and her blossoming feelings for her fellow fugitive.
Acting
Leslie Cheung plays twins essentially—subtle, devastating, unfairly beautiful.
Cinematography
Neon-soaked Hong Kong nights that feel like a fever dream of longing.
Score
Melancholic saxophone that screams 'I am emotionally available and also in danger.'
Director
Daniel Lee
Leslie Cheung
Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo
Takako Tokiwa
Hitomi Kawamura
Yuka Hoshino
Tomoko
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle
Jack Kao
Gene
Austin Wai Tin-Chi
Officer Ko
Liu Kai-Chi
Officer Tung
Lee Heung-Kam
Tatsuya's Landlady
Mars
Officer Tung's Detective
Jude Poyer
Michelle's Customer at Club
Bak Ka-Sin
Mahjong Player
Sam Lee
Mahjong Player
Rocky Lai Keung-Ken
Taxi Driver
Lo Yuen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leslie Cheung was Hong Kong's most beloved leading man; his 2003 death made this film's themes of loss almost unbearably prescient.
The dance scene was improvised after Cheung refused to do another gunfight, insisting 'a killer who dances is more dangerous.'
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