The Untold Story
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| Directed by | Herman Yau |
| Produced by | Danny Lee |
| Written by | Law Kam-fai Lau Wing-kin |
| Starring | Danny Lee Anthony Wong |
| Music by | Jonathan Wong |
| Cinematography | Cho Wai-kee |
| Edited by | Choi Hung |
| Distributed by | Newport Entertainment |
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95 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$15,763,018 |
The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story is a 1993 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Herman Yau and starring Danny Lee and Anthony Wong. The film is allegedly based on a true crime that took place in 1985 in Macau.
The film was followed up by two unrelated sequels with The Untold Story 2, featuring Wong returning in a supporting role, and The Untold Story 3 with Stephanie Chan in another supporting role.
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Plot
The story opens with Wong Chi-hang (Anthony Wong) fleeing the Hong Kong police, who are after him for murder. He winds up in Macau, where he takes a job as a cook at the 8 Immortals restaurant. After getting busted for cheating at a game of Mahjong, Wong kills the owner and the family, taking over the restaurant himself. Meanwhile, the police, led by officer Lee (Danny Lee) are called out to a local beach. It seems that a bag of decomposing body parts has washed ashore.
The police begin to suspect Wong has both something to do with the washed up body parts and the disappearance of the family. Wong continues to gleefully murder any of his employees who suspect what might be going on . . . disposing of their bodies in a most interesting way.
Wong is captured near the middle of the film and placed in jail. The cops need a confession, so they place him in a cell with a relative of one of his victims in the hopes that he can beat it out of Wong.
Reception
Category III rating
In Hong Kong, due to its explicit and disturbing depictions of sex and violence involving the Wong Chi-hang character, The Untold Story was awarded a Category III rating (Persons Aged 18 and Above Only), the equivalent of the United States' NC-17 or X-ratings.
Awards
The Untold Story won its only nomination, with Anthony Wong winning his first award for Best Actor at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Cast and roles
- Danny Lee as Officer Lee
- Anthony Wong as Wong Chi-hang
- Emily Kwan as Bo
- Julie Lee as Pearl
- Tony Leung Siu-hung as Doctor
- Lau Siu-ming as Cheng Lam
- Shing Fui-On as Cheng Poon
- Parkman Wong as Bull
See also
External links
- Use Hong Kong English from June 2014
- All Wikipedia articles written in Hong Kong English
- Use dmy dates from June 2014
- Wikipedia articles needing style editing from September 2012
- Pages with broken file links
- 1993 films
- Cantonese-language films
- Hong Kong films
- Hong Kong horror films
- Hong Kong crime thriller films
- 1990s crime thriller films
- 1990s horror films
- True crime films
- Splatter films
- Serial killer films
- Cannibal films
- Police detective films
- Films set in Macau
- Films set in 1986
- Films directed by Herman Yau
