Chungking Express
A lovelorn Hong Kong cop desperate to move on from a lost lover becomes entangled with an enigmatic underworld figure, while his partner seeks redemption through an ethereal snack‑bar waitress, each racing against time and loneliness in the neon night.
“If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...”
Synopsis
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, and the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
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A crew of 69+ credited
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Edited by William ChangShot by Christopher DoyleScored by Frankie ChanSound by Tonino Anastasi
Box Office
1994 · Box office
Produced on a $160K budget
Production budget
$160K
Also known as
- Chung hing sam lamde
- Chungking Expressde
- Chung hing sam lamen
- Chungking Expressen
- Chung hing sam lames
- Chung hing sam lamfr
- Chungking Expressfr
- Hong Kong Expressit
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Cast & Crew
69 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Brigitte Lin
as Woman in Blonde Wig
Takeshi Kaneshiro
as He Zhiwu, Cop 223
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
as Cop 663
Faye Wong
as Faye
Valerie Chow
as Air Hostess
Piggy Chan
as Manager of 'Midnight Express'
Piggy Chan Kam Chuen
as Owner of Eatery
Lee Na Kwan
as Richard
Kwan Lee Na
as May
Zhiming Huang
as Man
Leung San
as K Store Clerk
Liang Zhen
as The 2nd May
Supporting cast
6Directors
1Writers
2Producers
3Other crew
48Wai Ming Yau
Art Director
Kwok Keung Tsui
assistant art director
Patrick Tsui
assistant art director
Yat Sang Pang
assistant art director
Angelo Castilho
assistant art director (as Ging-Fai Law)
Shaoting Zeng
assistant director
Patrizia Serafini
assistant dubbing (uncredited)
Ji Ling Ng
caterer
Christopher Doyle
Cinematographer, Cinematographers
Wai Keung Lau
Cinematographer, (as Wai-Keung Lau)
Frankie Chan
Composer, (as Fan-Kei Chan)
Michael Galasso
Composer, Composers
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