![all posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w140/files/images/film/posters/000/497/497211_c532ef.jpg)
Directed by:
Jeffrey LauScreenplay:
Jeffrey LauCinematography:
Peter PauComposer:
Danny ChungCast:
Yun-fat Chow, Chia-Hui Liu, Michael Wong, Giorgio Pasotti, Phillip Kwok, Jacqueline Wu, Jun Kunimura, Roy Chiao, George Saunders, Kwan-Hong Wong, Han Chin (more)Plots(1)
Chow Yun-Fat is Jeffrey Chang, a CIA operative sent on an undercover mission to Beijing to steal an unknown treasure and bring it back to the United States. To his surprise, he is housed in a Shaolin temple where he befriends a boy monk and meets Mei (Chien-Lien, Eat Drink Man Woman), a beautiful woman with mysterious powers, imprisoned in the temple. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
![Yun-fat Chow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267363_111310.jpg)
Yun-fat Chow
Hong Kong
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
Hard Boiled (1992)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
![Chia-Hui Liu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273596_021509.jpg)
Chia-Hui Liu
China
Best movies:
Martial Club (1981)
Shaolin Challenges Ninja (1978)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
![Michael Wong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274567_13cc2e.jpg)
Michael Wong
USA
Best movies:
Lost and Found (1996)
In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
Police Assassin (1986)
![Giorgio Pasotti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/201/162201957_e1abbb.jpg)
Giorgio Pasotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Beauty (2013)
San Paolo (2000) (TV movie)
Salty Air (2006)
![Phillip Kwok](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276864_97d02f.jpg)
Phillip Kwok
Taiwan
Best movies:
Chinatown Kid (1977)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Crippled Avengers (1978)
![Jacqueline Wu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280090_7968b5.jpg)
Jacqueline Wu
Taiwan
Best movies:
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)
Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
![Jun Kunimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/422/166422556_eb9c33.jpg)
Jun Kunimura
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
Half a Confession (2004)
Hard Boiled (1992)
![Roy Chiao](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726603_c79567.jpg)
Roy Chiao
China
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Above the Law (1986)
A Kid from Tibet (1992)
George Saunders
USA
Best movies:
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Treasure Hunt (1994)
The Force (1994)
![Kwan-Hong Wong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/104/163104094_35ae86.jpg)
Kwan-Hong Wong
Best movies:
Project A (1983)
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
Fallen Angels (1995)
![Han Chin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/246/164246462_805f68.jpg)
Han Chin
China
Best movies:
Treasure Hunt (1994)
Rosie Tenison
USA
Best movies:
CB4 (1993)
Treasure Hunt (1994)
White Man's Burden (1995)