Chess King (film)

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

Chess King
Directed byWenji Teng
Written byWenji Teng
Xin-xin Zhang
Based onThe Chess Master
by Ah Cheng
StarringYuan Xie
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

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]

Cast

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

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.


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