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Chess King (film)

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Chess King
Directed byWenji Teng
Written byWenji Teng
Xin-xin Zhang
StarringYuan Xie
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
LanguageMandarin

Chess King (Chinese: 棋王, "Qi wang") is a 1988 Chinese drama film written and directed by Teng Wenji, based on Zhong Acheng's novel of the same name.

The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1] For this film Yuan Xie won the award for best actor at the 1989 Golden Rooster Awards.[2]

Plot

Cast

  • Yuan Xie as Wang Yisheng
  • Liang Zhao as Tiehan
  • Li Hiu as "The Nail"
  • Ben Niu as The Secretary
  • Dahong Ni

References

  1. ^ VV.AA. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1989.
  2. ^ "Ninth China Golden Rooster Awards (1989)". china.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 November 2015.