Friends (朋友) 50 years old

Friends

In FRIENDS, Hua Heng (David Chiang) is a poverty-stricken aspiring painter whose day job involves painting the ads that go up on the sides of buildings. He and his buddies hang out in a makeshift gym set up in an abandoned building where they train and practice kung fu. His girlfriend is Gao Xin (Lily Li), a bar maid who is in debt to loan sharks. Into their lives comes Jiaji (Alexander Fu Sheng), who happens upon Hua Heng in a street fight with local thugs who'd made fun of the painting he's carrying and decides to help him out. Afterwards, Jiaji tags along with Hua Heng and follows him to the gym, where he proves his own skill at kung fu in an impromptu fight with one of the group. Unbeknownst to them, Jiaji is a rich boy, the son of a Hong Kong billionaire (Lu Ti), and he decides to stay with Hua Heng and not go back to his sheltered home life, where his preoccupation with kung fu was his only outlet for self-expression.

Credits

Friends Cast

Name Character
David Chiang He was 27, now 77 years old as Hua Heng
Alexander Fu Sheng He was 19, 28 years old when he died as Tu Chia-chi
Wai Wang He was 37, now 88 years old as Ma Wei-Hong
Lo Dik as Du Dong-Tai
Lily Li Li-Li She was 24, now 74 years old as Gao Xin

Friends Crew

Name Department
Chang Cheh as Director. He was 51 (79) years old when He died Directing
Chang Cheh as Writer. He was 51 (79) years old when He died Writing
Ni Kuang as Writer. He was 39 (now 89) years old Writing
Friends poster
Friends (50 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, June 29, 1974
  • Runtime: 104 minutes