Stars and Roses

Stars and Roses (orig. Ai ren tong zhi) is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung as a Vietnamese translator.

Plot
Lau Kai Cho (Andy Lau) travels to Vietnam for a story. Once in Vietnam, he briefly meets Yuen Hung (Cherie Chung), a translator and is involved in an accident after crashing a motorised rickshaw. The courts hand him a prison sentence in a strict prison where he is subject to a number of horrible punishments.

While in prison, he meets Yuen's brother, upon his release, Lau and Yuen become more friendly until Lau is imprisoned again for anti-government activity. Sentenced to 3 years he plots to escape from prison taking Yuen Hung's brother with him.

Cast

 * Andy Lau as Lau Kai Cho
 * Cherie Chung as Yuen Hung
 * Sheila Chan as Lawyer Chan
 * Shing Fui-On as Chen Fei Ehn
 * Hung San-Nam
 * Lam Wai as Hung's boyfriend
 * Lau Chun-Fai
 * Leung Ming
 * Lung Ming-Yan as Nam
 * Wai Gei-Shun

Production
The film was shot in Hong Kong and Vietnam.