Ashes of Time (1994)
1994 film by Wong Kar-wai
- Released
- 1994
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Wong Kar-wai
- Screenplay
- Wong Kar-wai, Jin Yong
- Producer
- Jeffrey Lau
- Music
- Frankie Chan
- Cinematography
- Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung
- Starring
- Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Charlie Yeung, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka-fai
- Running time
- 94 minutes
Ashes of Time (東邪西毒) is a 1994 Hong Kong wuxia film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Carina Lau, Charlie Yeung, Jacky Cheung, and Maggie Cheung. The film serves as a backstory for some characters from the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong. It was selected in September 1994 to compete for the Golden Lion at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.
Cast
- Leslie Cheung
- Brigitte Lin
- Tony Leung
- Charlie Yeung
- Maggie Cheung
- Jacky Cheung
- Carina Lau
- Tony Leung Ka-fai
- Joey Wong
- Collin Chou
More films directed by Wong Kar-wai
- The Grandmaster 2013
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q725167 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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