Prison on Fire
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| Directed by | Ringo Lam |
| Produced by | Karl Maka Catherine S.K. Chang |
| Written by | Nam Yin |
| Starring | Chow Yun-fat Tony Leung Ka-Fai Roy Cheung |
| Music by | Lowell Lo |
| Cinematography | Lau Hung-Chuen Joe Chan Kwong-Hung Wong Man-Wan Jingle Ma Cho Wai-Kei Cinema City Cinematographers Unit |
| Editing by | Cinema City Production Co. Ltd. Editing Unit |
| Distributed by | Cinema City Film Co. Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | November 13, 1987 |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Prison on Fire (Chinese: 監獄風雲; pinyin: Jiān yù fēng yún; Cantonese Yale: Gaam yuk fung wan) is a 1987 Hong Kong action film directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-fat. The film was followed by a sequel, Prison on Fire II, in 1991.
[edit] Plot
The plot mostly involves the two main characters, Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Killer", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man that was then run over by a bus.
Ching was sent to prison for killing his wife for being a prostitute.
During the end of the film, inmates decide to go on hunger strike to protest against the cigarette price rise, this causes problems with Assassin.
Ching bit Killer's ear off and gets an extended sentence, continued on Prison on Fire II, Yiu is released later on.
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