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| name = As Tears Go By
| name = As Tears Go By
| image = As Tears Go By.jpg
| image = As Tears Go By.jpg
| native_name = {{Film name|traditional=旺角卡門|simplified=旺角卡门|pinyin=Wàngjiǎo Kǎmén|jyutping=Wong6gok3 Kaa1mun4|translation=[[Mong Kok]] [[Carmen]]}}
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|t=旺角卡門|s=旺角卡门|p=Wàngjiǎo Kǎmén|j=Wong6gok3 Kaa1mun4|l=[[Mong Kok]] [[Carmen]]}}
| director = [[Wong Kar-wai]]
| director = [[Wong Kar-wai]]
| producer = [[Alan Tang]]
| producer = [[Alan Tang]]
| writer = [[Jeffrey Lau]]<br />Wong Kar-wai
| writer =
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* [[Jeffrey Lau]]
* Wong Kar-wai
}}
| starring = [[Andy Lau]]<br />[[Maggie Cheung]]<br />[[Jacky Cheung]]
| starring =
{{plainlist|
* [[Andy Lau]]
* [[Maggie Cheung]]
* [[Jacky Cheung]]
}}
| music = Danny Chung<br />[[Teddy Robin]]
| music = Danny Chung<br />[[Teddy Robin]]
| cinematography = [[Andrew Lau]]
| cinematography = [[Andrew Lau]]
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| country = Hong Kong
| country = Hong Kong
| language = [[Cantonese]]
| language = [[Cantonese]]
| gross = HK$11,532,283<br /><small>([[Hong Kong]])</small><br />$9,436<br /><small>(United States)</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=astearsgoby.htm |title=As Tears Go By |accessdate=22 July 2011 |publisher=BoxOfficeMojo.com}}</ref>
| gross = HK$11,532,283<br /><small>([[Hong Kong]])</small><br />$9,436<br /><small>(United States)</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=astearsgoby.htm |title=As Tears Go By |access-date=22 July 2011 |publisher=BoxOfficeMojo.com}}</ref>
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'''''As Tears Go By''''' is a 1988 [[Hong Kong action cinema|Hong Kong action]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] that was the directorial debut of [[Wong Kar-wai]] and starred [[Andy Lau]], [[Maggie Cheung]] and [[Jacky Cheung]]. Critics have compared the film to [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Mean Streets]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mottram|first1=James|title=Wong Kar-Wai interview: the revered film director on returning to his first love - kung fu|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/wong-karwai-interview-the-revered-film-director-on-returning-to-his-first-love--kung-fu-9905855.html|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref> as the central plot revolves around a small-time [[Triad (organized crime)|triad]] (Lau) trying to keep his friend (Cheung) out of trouble. The film was also screened at the [[1989 Cannes Film Festival]], during [[Directors' Fortnight]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bettinson|first1=Gary|title=The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai: Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance|date=2014|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|location=Hong Kong|isbn=9888139290|page=xvi}}</ref>
'''''As Tears Go By''''' is a 1988 [[Hong Kong action cinema|Hong Kong action]] [[crime film|crime]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] starring [[Andy Lau]], [[Maggie Cheung]] and [[Jacky Cheung]]. The film was the directorial debut of [[Wong Kar-wai]], and was inspired by [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Mean Streets]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mottram|first1=James|title=Wong Kar-Wai interview: the revered film director on returning to his first love - kung fu|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/wong-karwai-interview-the-revered-film-director-on-returning-to-his-first-love--kung-fu-9905855.html|work=The Independent|date=7 December 2014|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref> The central plot revolves around a small-time [[Triad (organized crime)|triad]] member trying to keep his friend out of trouble. The film was screened at the [[1989 Cannes Film Festival]], during [[International Critics' Week]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bettinson|first1=Gary|title=The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai: Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance|date=2014|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|location=Hong Kong|isbn=978-9888139293|page=xvi}}</ref>

== Title ==
The Chinese title, 旺角卡門 ({{Lang-zh|j=Wong6gok3 Kaa1mun4}}), means “Mong Kok Carmen”, which alludes to the area of [[Mong Kok]] and the opera ''[[Carmen]]'', revealing that it is a story of tragic love in Kowloon.

The English title is shared with the 1964 English song “[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]”, and may have been inspired by it.


==Plot==
==Plot==
The film centers around Wah (阿華, played by Andy Lau), a mob enforcer who primarily deals with debt collection. His ''sai lo'' subordinate, Fly (烏蠅, played by Jacky Cheung) also works for the mob, but is less successful and not as well respected as Wah, frequently causing trouble and borrowing money he can't pay back. Out of the blue, Wah receives a call from his aunt, informing him that his younger cousin Ngor (阿娥, played by Maggie Cheung), whom he has never met before, will be coming to stay with him in Hong Kong for the next few days. Ngor works at her family's restaurant on [[Lantau Island]], but due to a malfunctioning lung, must come to Hong Kong for a medical procedure.
Wah is a mob enforcer who primarily deals with debt collection. His subordinate, Fly, is less successful and not as well respected as Wah. Fly frequently causes trouble and borrows money he can't pay back. Out of the blue, Wah receives a call from his aunt, informing him that his younger cousin Ngor, whom he has never met, will be coming to stay with him in Hong Kong for the next few days. Ngor, who works at her family's restaurant on [[Lantau Island]], must come to Hong Kong for a medical procedure.


Soon after Ngor arrives at his apartment, Wah unexpectedly leaves to help Fly collect a debt. After the job, Wah goes to see his girlfriend, Mabel, who dumps him because he had been so distant and unresponsive to her calls. Due to this, she aborted his baby, though he was unaware she was pregnant in the first place. Wah stumbles home angry and drunk, but when Ngor tries to console him later that night, he becomes very aggressive and threatens to throw her out. The next morning, Wah apologizes to Ngor and offers to take her to out to a movie to make up for his behavior.
Soon after Ngor arrives at his apartment, Wah has to leave to help Fly collect a debt. After the job, Wah goes to see his girlfriend, Mabel, who dumps him. Because he had been so distant and unresponsive, she had aborted his baby. Wah had not even been aware she was pregnant in the first place and reacts badly. Wah stumbles home angry and drunk, but when Ngor tries to console him later that night, he becomes very aggressive and threatens to throw her out. The next morning, Wah apologizes to Ngor and offers to take her out to a movie to make up for his behavior.


Meanwhile, in order to make money to pay off a loan to fellow gang member Tony ([[Alex Man]]), Fly makes an unreasonably high bet in a game of snooker. When he realizes there is no chance he can win or pay his debt, he makes a run for it with his friend Site (阿西, Wong). After a chase through the streets, Fly and Site are caught and severely beat by members of Tony's gang. As Wah and Ngor are about to leave the apartment, Fly arrives bruised and bloody, carrying an unconscious Site. Wah and Ngor treat their wounds, which causes Ngor to question Wah's line of work. The next day, she returns to Lantau, leaving Wah a note asking him to come visit her sometime.
In order to make money to pay off a loan to a fellow gang member, Tony, Fly makes an unreasonably high bet in a game of snooker. When he realizes there is no chance he can win or pay his debt, he makes a run for it with his friend Site. After being chased through the streets, Fly and Site are caught and severely beaten by members of Tony's gang. As Wah and Ngor are about to leave the apartment, Fly arrives, bruised and bloody and carrying an unconscious Site. Wah and Ngor treat their wounds, and Ngor starts to question Wah's line of work. The next day, she returns to Lantau, leaving Wah a note asking him to come to visit her sometime.


Wah meets with Tony to settle his debt with Fly. Tony says to Wah that if Fly wasn't his ''sai lo'', he would already be dead. Unable to pay the debt interest, Wah steals the money from the owner of the establishment Tony was hired to protect instead. Insulted by Wah's behavior, Tony takes his grievance to Uncle Kwan (阿公), the mob boss. Kwan solves the argument by forcing Tony and Wah to accept a monthly payment compromise. Afterwards, Kwan tells Wah to get Fly under control before he gets himself killed. Accepting that Fly is not cut out for mob work, Wah gets him a legitimate job selling fishballs from a food cart. Fly hates his new job, but continues to work to please his ''dai lo''. One day, Tony approaches Fly and insults him and his lowly profession. In retaliation, Fly wrecks Tony's car with a hammer and a propane tank, but Tony's gang promptly catches him and beats him near to death.
Wah meets with Tony to settle Fly's debt. Tony says to Wah that if Fly wasn't his friend he would already be dead. Unable to pay the interest on the debt, Wah steals the money from the owner of the establishment Tony was hired to protect. Insulted by Wah's behavior, Tony takes his grievance to Uncle Kwan, the mob boss, who forces Tony and Wah to accept a monthly payment compromise. Afterward, Kwan tells Wah to get Fly under control before he gets himself killed. Accepting that Fly is not cut out for mob work, Wah gets him a legitimate job selling fishballs from a food cart.


Meanwhile, Wah decides to visit Ngor. After arriving at her family's restaurant on Lantau, he learns that she was in Hong Kong for the day and will return that evening. Wah meets Ngor at the ferry terminal, but learns that she has begun seeing her doctor. They part ways and Wah, disheartened, boards the ferry back to Hong Kong. Realizing she made a mistake pushing him away, Ngor calls him asking to meet her back at the ferry terminal. Wah promptly returns to Lantau and they share a passionate kiss in a phone booth. Over the next couple of days, Wah helps out at the restaurant and the two continue to learn more about each other. Wah has to cut his visit short after receiving a call from Tony, who demands money in exchange for Fly's life.
After accidentally meeting Mabel and finding out she is now married, Wah decides to visit Ngor. Arriving at her family's restaurant in Lantau, he learns that she is in Kowloon for the day and will return that evening. Wah meets Ngor at the ferry terminal and learns that she has begun seeing her doctor. Over the next couple of days, Wah helps out at the restaurant and his relationship with Ngor evolves. Meanwhile, Tony visits Fly to insult him and his new job. Fly wrecks Tony's car in retaliation, but Tony's gang promptly catches him and beats him near to death. Wah has to cut his visit with Ngor short, after receiving a call from Tony demanding money in exchange for Fly's life.


After arriving at Tony's place, Wah surprises Tony by pulling a gun and forcing the barrel down his pants, threatening to blow apart Tony's penis and testicles. Tony gives into Wah's demands and lets Fly go. Wah and Fly convene in a bar and Wah urges Fly to return to his family in the countryside, an order which Fly refuses out of shame. Exiting the bar, they are cornered by Tony and his gang. Both Fly and Wah are severely beaten by the gang, but Tony lets them live. Fly leaves Wah, telling Wah to forget him because he has been a terrible ''sai lo''. Too weak to pursue Fly, Wah manages to return to Lantau, where Ngor and her doctor treat his wounds. He recovers, and the two rekindle their love for each other.
Arriving at Tony's place, Wah surprises Tony by threatening him. Tony gives in to Wah's demands and lets Fly go. Wah urges Fly to return to his family in the countryside, which Fly refuses to do. Leaving the bar, they are attacked by Tony and his gang and severely beaten. Fly leaves Wah, telling Wah to forget him because he has been a terrible friend. Wah manages to return to Lantau where Ngor and her doctor treat his wounds. He recovers, and the two rekindle their relationship.


Back in Hong Kong, Uncle Kwan gives Tony a job to assassinate an informant while he is being transported to court by the police. Tony is too afraid to do it, since it is essentially a suicide mission. Fly offers to take the job in order to earn the respect of the gang and humiliate Tony, whose thugs abandon him in disgust. Having received word that Fly has taken the job, Wah returns to confront Fly. His attempts to persuade Fly otherwise are in vain, and Fly manages to elude Wah while he is not looking. Wah arrives at the police station just as Fly is about to carry out the assassination. Fly pulls a gun and shoots the informant, but fails to kill him. Instead, he is shot and killed by the police. In response, Wah grabs Fly's gun and kills the informant, finishing the job. As Wah is gunned down, he thinks of his first kiss with Ngor.
Back in Hong Kong, Uncle Kwan gives Tony a job to assassinate an informant. Tony is afraid to do the job since it is essentially a suicide mission. Fly offers to take the job in order to humiliate Tony, whose thugs abandon him in disgust. Hearing Fly has taken this job, Wah returns to confront him, and attempts in vain to persuade Fly not to do it. Wah arrives at the police station just as Fly is about to carry out the assassination. Fly shoots the informant but fails to kill him. Instead, he is shot and killed by the police. Wah grabs Fly's gun and kills the informant, finishing the job. As Wah is gunned down, he thinks of his first kiss with Ngor.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Andy Lau]] as Wah
* [[Andy Lau]] as Wah
* [[Maggie Cheung]] as Ngor
* [[Maggie Cheung]] as Ngor
* [[Jacky Cheung]] as Fly ''(烏蠅'' ''Wu Ying'')
* [[Jacky Cheung]] as Fly (烏蠅 Wu Ying)
* [[William Chang]] as Ngor's doctor
* [[William Chang]] as Ngor's doctor
* Lam Kau as Kung
* Lam Kau as Kung
* [[Alex Man]] as Tony
* [[Alex Man]] as Tony
* Ronald Wong as Site
* Ronald Wong as Site
==Release==
<ref name="two">{{Cite web |url=http://chinesemov.com/1988/As%20Tears%20Go%20By.html |title=As Tears Go By |accessdate=23 July 2010 |publisher=chinesemov.com}}</ref>
===Home Media===
The film debuted on the [[Blu-ray]] format in the United States on January 20, 2009. The disc, released by MegaStar, has since gone out of print.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/As-Tears-Go-By-Blu-ray/3783/|title = As Tears Go by Blu-ray Release Date January 20, 2009}}</ref>

The film was released on Blu-ray by the [[Criterion Collection]] on March 23, 2021 in a collection of 7 Wong Kar-wai films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/World-of-Wong-Kar-Wai-Blu-ray/261077/|title = World of Wong Kar Wai Blu-ray Release Date March 23, 2021}}</ref>


==Box office==
==Box office==
During its initial Hong Kong theatrical run, ''As Tears Go By'' grossed HK$11,532,283. It remained as Wong Kar-wai's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong, and his only film to gross over HK$10 million, until the record was broken with the release of ''[[The Grandmaster (film)|The Grandmaster]]'' in January 2013.
During its initial Hong Kong theatrical run, ''As Tears Go By'' grossed HK$11,532,283. Until the release of ''[[The Grandmaster (film)|The Grandmaster]]'' in January 2013, it was Wong Kar-wai's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong.

== Reception ==
A retrospective review for ''The New York Times'' finds that ''"As Tears Go By'' heralds a new vision not yet in perfect focus."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Nathan |date=2008-05-02 |title=Struck by Love in a Moody Underworld |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/movies/02tear.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
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As Tears Go By
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese旺角卡門
Simplified Chinese旺角卡门
Literal meaningMong Kok Carmen
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWàngjiǎo Kǎmén
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong6gok3 Kaa1mun4
Directed byWong Kar-wai
Written by
Produced byAlan Tang
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Lau
Edited byCheung Pei-tak
Hai Kit-wai
William Chang (uncredited)
Music byDanny Chung
Teddy Robin
Production
company
Distributed byKino International
Release date
  • 9 June 1988 (1988-06-09)
Running time
102 minutes
LandHongkong
SpracheCantonese
Box officeHK$11,532,283
(Hong Kong)
$9,436
(United States)[1]

As Tears Go By is a 1988 Hong Kong action crime drama film starring Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung. The film was the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai, and was inspired by Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets.[2] The central plot revolves around a small-time triad member trying to keep his friend out of trouble. The film was screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, during International Critics' Week.[3]

Plot

Wah is a mob enforcer who primarily deals with debt collection. His subordinate, Fly, is less successful and not as well respected as Wah. Fly frequently causes trouble and borrows money he can't pay back. Out of the blue, Wah receives a call from his aunt, informing him that his younger cousin Ngor, whom he has never met, will be coming to stay with him in Hong Kong for the next few days. Ngor, who works at her family's restaurant on Lantau Island, must come to Hong Kong for a medical procedure.

Soon after Ngor arrives at his apartment, Wah has to leave to help Fly collect a debt. After the job, Wah goes to see his girlfriend, Mabel, who dumps him. Because he had been so distant and unresponsive, she had aborted his baby. Wah had not even been aware she was pregnant in the first place and reacts badly. Wah stumbles home angry and drunk, but when Ngor tries to console him later that night, he becomes very aggressive and threatens to throw her out. The next morning, Wah apologizes to Ngor and offers to take her out to a movie to make up for his behavior.

In order to make money to pay off a loan to a fellow gang member, Tony, Fly makes an unreasonably high bet in a game of snooker. When he realizes there is no chance he can win or pay his debt, he makes a run for it with his friend Site. After being chased through the streets, Fly and Site are caught and severely beaten by members of Tony's gang. As Wah and Ngor are about to leave the apartment, Fly arrives, bruised and bloody and carrying an unconscious Site. Wah and Ngor treat their wounds, and Ngor starts to question Wah's line of work. The next day, she returns to Lantau, leaving Wah a note asking him to come to visit her sometime.

Wah meets with Tony to settle Fly's debt. Tony says to Wah that if Fly wasn't his friend he would already be dead. Unable to pay the interest on the debt, Wah steals the money from the owner of the establishment Tony was hired to protect. Insulted by Wah's behavior, Tony takes his grievance to Uncle Kwan, the mob boss, who forces Tony and Wah to accept a monthly payment compromise. Afterward, Kwan tells Wah to get Fly under control before he gets himself killed. Accepting that Fly is not cut out for mob work, Wah gets him a legitimate job selling fishballs from a food cart.

After accidentally meeting Mabel and finding out she is now married, Wah decides to visit Ngor. Arriving at her family's restaurant in Lantau, he learns that she is in Kowloon for the day and will return that evening. Wah meets Ngor at the ferry terminal and learns that she has begun seeing her doctor. Over the next couple of days, Wah helps out at the restaurant and his relationship with Ngor evolves. Meanwhile, Tony visits Fly to insult him and his new job. Fly wrecks Tony's car in retaliation, but Tony's gang promptly catches him and beats him near to death. Wah has to cut his visit with Ngor short, after receiving a call from Tony demanding money in exchange for Fly's life.

Arriving at Tony's place, Wah surprises Tony by threatening him. Tony gives in to Wah's demands and lets Fly go. Wah urges Fly to return to his family in the countryside, which Fly refuses to do. Leaving the bar, they are attacked by Tony and his gang and severely beaten. Fly leaves Wah, telling Wah to forget him because he has been a terrible friend. Wah manages to return to Lantau where Ngor and her doctor treat his wounds. He recovers, and the two rekindle their relationship.

Back in Hong Kong, Uncle Kwan gives Tony a job to assassinate an informant. Tony is afraid to do the job since it is essentially a suicide mission. Fly offers to take the job in order to humiliate Tony, whose thugs abandon him in disgust. Hearing Fly has taken this job, Wah returns to confront him, and attempts in vain to persuade Fly not to do it. Wah arrives at the police station just as Fly is about to carry out the assassination. Fly shoots the informant but fails to kill him. Instead, he is shot and killed by the police. Wah grabs Fly's gun and kills the informant, finishing the job. As Wah is gunned down, he thinks of his first kiss with Ngor.

Cast

Release

Home Media

The film debuted on the Blu-ray format in the United States on January 20, 2009. The disc, released by MegaStar, has since gone out of print.[4]

The film was released on Blu-ray by the Criterion Collection on March 23, 2021 in a collection of 7 Wong Kar-wai films.[5]

Box office

During its initial Hong Kong theatrical run, As Tears Go By grossed HK$11,532,283. Until the release of The Grandmaster in January 2013, it was Wong Kar-wai's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong.

Reception

A retrospective review for The New York Times finds that "As Tears Go By heralds a new vision not yet in perfect focus."[6]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
Ceremony Kategorie Recipient Outcome
8th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film As Tears Go By Nominated
Best Director Wong Kar-wai Nominated
Best Actor Andy Lau Nominated
Best Actress Maggie Cheung Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jacky Cheung Won
Alex Man Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lau Nominated
Best Film Editing Cheung Pei-tak Nominated
Best Art Direction William Chang Won
Best Original Film Score Danny Chung Nominated
25th Golden Horse Awards Best Director Wong Kar-wai Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ "As Tears Go By". BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ Mottram, James (7 December 2014). "Wong Kar-Wai interview: the revered film director on returning to his first love - kung fu". The Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ^ Bettinson, Gary (2014). The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai: Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. xvi. ISBN 978-9888139293.
  4. ^ "As Tears Go by Blu-ray Release Date January 20, 2009".
  5. ^ "World of Wong Kar Wai Blu-ray Release Date March 23, 2021".
  6. ^ Lee, Nathan (2 May 2008). "Struck by Love in a Moody Underworld". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 July 2023.