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The Storm Riders

風雲之雄霸天下 (1998)

1. Details

Title: 風雲之雄霸天下
English title: The Storm Riders
Other Title: Fung Wan
Genre: Wuxia
Release date(s): 18th July 1998
Running time: 126 min
Theme Song: "Fung Wan" 風雲 by Ekin Cheng 鄭伊健, " Cloud Change " 驚變 by Aaron Kwok 郭富城
Sub Theme Song: " Every Pair " 一對對 by Ekin Cheng 鄭伊健, " If Ever You Were Serious " 如果妳認真過 by Aaron Kwok 郭富城
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin
Budget: $70,000,000 HKD
Gross revenue: $41,532,235 HKD Ref 1
Executive Producer: Manfred Wong 文雋
Director: Andrew Lau 劉偉強
Art Director: Cyrus Ho 何剑雄
Action Choreographer: Lam Dik-on 林迪安
Screenwriter: Manfred Wong 文雋
Music: Chan Kwong Wing 陳光榮
Cinematography: Andrew Lau 劉偉強
Editing by: Marco Mak 麦子善, Danny Pang 彭發
Special Effects: Centro Digital Pictures
Distributed by: Golden Harvest Pictures (China) Ltd.
Related Movie(s): The Storm Warriors, A Man Called Hero

2. Synopsis

10 years ago, a believer in future predictions and the leader of the "Tin Ha" Clan, Lord Conquer ( Sony Chiba ) was given a prophecy by the Mud Buddha ( Lai Yiu-Cheung ).

金鱗豈是池中物，一遇風雲便化龍
" When Wind and Cloud combine the fish with the golden scales becomes a dragon "

The meaning of this prophecy is if Conquer was able to find "Wind" and "Cloud", he will conquer the world. Mud Buddha also gave him a box which contains the second half of the prophecy but must not be opened until 10 years later. Conquer searched the lands vast and wide for every boy that matches the prophecy and "Wind" and "Cloud" were eventually found.

True enough, for the next 10 years, with the help of the now grown up Wind ( Ekin Cheng ) and Cloud ( Aaron Kwok ), Conquer became the most powerful figure in the Wuxia world. Until one respective day, he learnt the second half of the prophecy.

九霄龍吟驚天變，風雲際會淺水遊
" The Dragon is powerful but will be stranded when Wind and Cloud becomes a storm "

The meaning of the prophecy is if Wind and Cloud combine their powers, Conquer will be destroyed. Conquer was deeply troubled by this prophecy and sets to kill both Wind and Cloud once and for all. He uses his daughter Charity ( Kristy Yeung ) to turn Wind and Cloud against each other. During the battle between Wind and Cloud on Wind’s wedding day, Charity was killed mistakenly by his own father. Cloud was banished and hunted down for crashing the wedding but escaped with the lost of an arm. Fortunately, he was rescued by Muse ( Shu Qi ) whose father gave his own arm to save Cloud's life.

Meanwhile, Wind realizes Conquer’s evil deeds and leaves the Tin Ha Clan. He discovers a cave occupied by a "fire dragon lion". Wind won the battle between him and the beast and in the process he also repossesses his ancestors’ deadly weapon "Snow Blade".

Wind and Cloud eventually met up and worked together to destroy Conquer. Using their combined powers, they killed Conquer fulfilling the prophecy.

3. Cast

3.1 Tin Ha Sect 天下會

Sonny Chiba 千葉真一 as Conquer 雄霸 (Tin Ha Sect Leader 天下會幫主)
Ekin Cheng 鄭伊健 as Wind 聶風 (Tin Ha Sub Sect "Godly Wind Clan" Leader 神風堂堂主, 3rd Disciple of Conquer)
Aaron Kwok 郭富城 as Cloud 步驚雲 (Tin Ha Sub Sect "Flying Cloud Clan" Leader 飛雲堂堂主, 2nd Disciple of Conquer)
Michael Tse 謝天華 as Frost 秦霜 (Tin Ha Sub Sect "Sky Frost Clan" Leader 天霜堂堂主, 1st Disciple of Conquer)
Kristy Yeung 杨恭如 as Charity 孔慈 (Daughter of Conquer, Wind's Wife, Cloud's love interest)
Lawrence Cheng 鄭丹瑞 as Jester 文丑丑 (Conquer's right hand)
Dion Lam 林迪安 as Bat 蝙蝠
Ng Chi-Hung 吴志雄 as Hawk 麻鹰

3.2 Wind's Family

Alex Fong Chung-Sun 方中信 as 聶人王 Whispering Prince (Father of Wind)
Christine Ng 伍詠薇 as Ying 颜盈 (Mother of Wind)

3.3 Cloud's Family

Yu Rong-Guang 于荣光 as Striding Sky 步擎天 (Father of Cloud)

3.4 Chu Chu's Family

Shu Qi 舒淇 as Chu Chu 楚楚 (Cloud's Love Interest)
Wan Yeung-Ming 尹扬明 as Summit Yu 于狱 (Father of Chu Chu)

3.5 Duk Ku Family

Elvis Tsui as Seedy Sword 独孤一方
Jason Chu 朱永棠 as Ming 独孤鸣

3.6 Others

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang 黄秋生 as Sword Saint 剑圣
Lai Yiu-Cheung 黎耀祥 as Mud Buddha 泥菩萨
Roy Cheung 張耀揚 as Shaolin Monk 释武尊
Lee Siu-Kei 李达超 as Dragon 武当子

4. Awards and Nominations

4.1 Awards

35th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (1998) Ref 2
  • Best Stylist (利碧君)
  • Best Special Effects (Centro Digital Pictures)
18th Hong Kong Golden Statue Film Festival (1998) Ref 3
  • Best Editing (Marco Mak 麦子善、Danny Pang 彭發)
  • Best Stylist (利碧君)
  • Best Music (Chan Kwong Wing 陳光榮)
  • Best Sound Effects (Golden Harvest Ltd, Centro Digial Pictures)
Golden Bauhinia Awards (1998)
  • Top 10 Best Movie in 1998
Hong Kong Film Critics Society (1998)
  • Recommended Film

4.2 Nominations

35th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (1998)
  • Best Design (Cyrus Ho 何剑雄)
  • Best Theme Song (" Fung Wan " 風雲)
  • Best Sound Effects (曾景祥)
  • Best Action Choreographer (Lam Dik-On 林迪安)
18th Hong Kong Golden Statue Film Festival (1998)
  • Best Movie
  • Best Actor (Sony Ciba 千葉真一)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Shu Qi 舒淇)
  • Best Cinematography (Andrew Lau 劉偉強)
  • Best Design (Cyrus Ho 何剑雄)
  • Best Action Choreographer (Lam Dik-On 林迪安)
  • Best Theme Song (" Fung Wan " 風雲)

5. Trailer

Original Trailer (Cantonese)

International Trailer (English)

6. Theme and Sub Theme Songs

6.1 Theme

"Fung Wan" 風雲 by Ekin Cheng 鄭伊健 (Cantonese)

"Fung Wan" 風雲 by Ekin Cheng 鄭伊健 (Mandarin)

6.2 Sub Themes

" Every Pair " 一對對 by Ekin Cheng 鄭伊健 (Cantonese)

7. Making of The Storm Riders (Cantonese)

8. Sound Tracks


9. Radio Drama

The Storm Riders Radio Drama was released as part of The Storm Riders movie promotion in 1998. The cast of the movie was also the cast for the 60 episodes radio drama.

10. Interesting Facts Or Not

  • There were rumors that Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok have been fighting for the rights to sing the theme and sub themes for the movie. Obviously, Cheng won in the end since The Storm Riders OST were published by BMG and the themes sang by Cheng.
  • There were also rumors that Kwok complaint that Director Lau favored Cheng (since they have worked together on the previous Young and Dangerous Series). As a result, Cheng's onscreen time was reduced tremendously.
  • A sequel was to be made soon after the release of this movie, however Kwok refused to be in the sequel. The reasons that were speculated were Kwok demanded an unreasonable pay rise and he disliked Cheng. Thus other actors such as Louis Koo and Takeshi Kaneshiro were considered as a replacement for Kwok to play Cloud. In the end, due to limited budget and Kwok not willing to participate, the sequel was never made until 10 years later when another production company (Universe Entertainment Ltd) bought the movie rights.
  • Since the sequel was unsuccessful, A Man Called Hero was made instead with the same production crew and similar cast.

11. External Links

12. References


Preceding Movie Current Movie Succeeding Movie
We’re No Bad Guys 愛上百份百英雄 The Storm Riders 風雲之雄霸天下 Hot War 幻影特攻

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