Chess King (film)

Chess King
Directed by Wenji Teng
Written by Wenji Teng
Xin-xin Zhang
Based on The Chess Master
by Zhong Acheng
Starring Yuan Xie
Release dates
  • 1988 (1988)
Language Mandarin

Chess King (Chinese: 棋王, "Qi wang") is a 1988 Chinese drama film written and directed by Teng Wenji, based on Zhong Acheng's novel of the same name.

The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1] For this film Yuan Xie won the award for best actor at the 1989 Golden Rooster Awards.[2]

Cast

References

  1. VV.AA. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1989.
  2. "Ninth China Golden Rooster Awards (1989)". china.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 November 2015.

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