Chess King (film)

Chess King
Directed by Wenji Teng
Written by Wenji Teng
Xin-xin Zhang
Based on The Chess Master
by Ah Cheng
Starring Yuan Xie
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Language Mandarin

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.

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

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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