Wild Search

Wild Search
Film poster
Directed byRingo Lam
Written byNam Yin
Produced byRingo Lam
StarringChow Yun-fat
Cherie Chung
Roy Cheung
Tommy Wong
Elaine Jin
Paul Chun
Ku Feng
CinematographyAndrew Lau
Edited byChow Tung-lei
Music byLowell Lo
Production
companies
Distributed bySilver Medal Presentations
Release date
  • 3 June 1989 (1989-06-03)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$15,944,333

Wild Search (伴我闖天涯) is a 1989 Hong Kong action drama film directed and produced by Ringo Lam. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung and Chan Cheuk-yan. Chow plays Lau Chung-pong, a city policeman who becomes emotionally involved with a mainland Chinese immigrant (Chung) and her niece (Cheuk-yan) inside a New Territories village following the death of the immigrant's sister at the hands of a Vietnam-based gunrunning gang. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 3 June 1989. It was nominated at the 26th Golden Horse Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

Cast and roles

References

  1. ↑ Havis, Richard James (17 March 2024). "Johnnie To's judo film with Aaron Kwok and Louis Koo, Throw Down, Chow Yun-fat playing against type in Wild Search: 3 neglected Hong Kong action movies". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Havlin, Jamie (17 July 2021). "Ringo Lam's Wild Search (1989)". Louder Than War. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival – 1989 Nominees and Winners". Golden Horse Film Festival (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 20 November 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2026.