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1994 Hong Kong film

The Lovers

DVD cover art

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

梁祝

Simplified Chinese

梁祝

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liángzhù
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Loeng4 Zuk1

Directed by

Tsui Hark

Written by

Sharon Hui
Tsui Hark

Produced by

Tsui Hark

Starring

Nicky Wu
Charlie Yeung
Elvis Tsui
Carrie Ng

Cinematography

David Chung

Edited by

Marco Mak
Wong Jing-cheung

Music by

Mark Lui
James Wong
Raymond Wong
William Hu

Production
companies

Film Workshop
Paragon Films Ltd.

Distributed by

Golden Harvest

Release date

13 August 1994 (1994-08-13)

Country

Hong Kong

Languages

Cantonese
Mandarin

The Lovers is a 1994 Hong Kong romantic film based on the Chinese legend of the Butterfly Lovers. It was directed and produced by Tsui Hark, and starred Nicky Wu, Charlie Yeung, Elvis Tsui and Carrie Ng. The theme songs were performed by Nicky Wu.

Cast

Nicky Wu as Leung San-pak
Charlie Yeung as Chuk Ying-toi
Elvis Tsui as Master Chuk
Carrie Ng as Sin Yuk-ting
Lau Shun as Chung Kwai
Sun Xing as Monk
Linda Lau as Madam Yuen
Hau Bing-ying as Ingenue
Yuen Sam as Mr Ching
Shum Hoi-yung as Madam Leung
Peter Ho as Ting Mong-chun
Franco Jiang
Cheng Tung-chuen
Goon Goon
Woo Wai-ling
Lam Ching-man

Awards and nominations

14th Hong Kong Film Awards
- Won Best Original Film Score: James Wong
- Nominations:
  - Best Director: Tsui Hark
  - Best Supporting Actress: Carrie Ng
  - Best Art Direction: William Chang
  - Best Costume Make Up Design: William Chang

External links

The Lovers at IMDb

v t e Films by Tsui Hark
Films directed	The Butterfly Murders (1979) We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer) Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer) All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced) Aces Go Places 3 (1984) Working Class (1985, also produced) Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced) A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced) King of Chess (1991, uncredited, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced) The Master (1992, also produced) Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced) The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced) The Blade (1995, also writer and produced) The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced) Love in the Time of Twilight (1995, also writer and produced) Tristar (1996, also writer and produced) Double Team (1997) Knock Off (1998) Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced) The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced) Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced) Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced) Missing (2008, also writer and produced) All About Women (2008, also writer and produced) Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced) Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced) The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer) Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced) Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)
Films written	A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced) Swordsman II (1992, also produced) New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced) The Wicked City (1992; also produced) The East Is Red (1993; also produced) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced) The Magic Crane (1993, also produced) Iron Monkey (1993; also produced) Black Mask (1996; also produced) The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced) Sword Master (2016; also produced) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
Films produced only	A Better Tomorrow (1986) A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) The Big Heat (1988) I Love Maria (1988) The Killer (1989) A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990) The Swordsman (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Shanghai Grand (1996) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) The Climbers (2019)
Collaborating director	The Banquet (1991) Twin Dragons (1992) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)

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