God of Gamblers

Original title: Do san

1989
18
2h 6m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

6.8K

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Chow Yun-Fat and Andy Lau in God of Gamblers (1989)

A master gambler loses his memory, and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.

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A master gambler loses his memory and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.A master gambler loses his memory and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.A master gambler loses his memory and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

6.8K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Chow Yun-Fat

Ko Chun
(as Chow Yun Fat)
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Andy Lau

Michael Chan…

Joey Wang

Jane

Charles Heung

Lung Wu…

Fong Lung

Ko Yee
(as Lung Fong)

Sharla Cheung

Janet
(as Man Cheung)

Hon-Lam Pau

Chan Kam-Shing

Tse Lin Yang

Nam
(as Chak Lam Yeung)

Shing Fui-On

Kau
(as Fui-On Shing)

Man-Tat Ng

Brother Shing

Dennis Chan

Doctor Wong

Ching-Ho Law

Skinny

Lap Ban Chan

Knife's grandmother

Michiko Nishiwaki

Ko Chun's female Yakuza opponent

Yu Shangkuan

Jane's Mother

Yasuhiro Shikamura

Seung San (Ueyama)
(as Chuen Luk)

Wah Cheung

Kwong

Ronald Wong

Crawl

Director
- Jing Wong
Writer
- Jing Wong
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Featured review

9/10

gambling, intellect, and guns, is anything missing??

No, not much is missing at all. The movie has great actors performing great all around whether it is comedy or action. The action wasn't much emphasized as in rather friendship, but when the action does kick in, it brings you to the same level as John Woo's bullet exchange, and heck, even Dragon (the bodyguard) knows some kick ass moves when he fights.

I did not expect much of this movie at first knowing it wasn't john woo who directed it, but after just the first 5 min i was totally into the movie and had forgotten who directed the movie, because it was equally great, and i couldn't ask for more

get this movie! i can't wait til i get my hands on it's sequels

ballazrus
Aug 27, 2002
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Trivia
Both Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau did their own card manipulations.

Goofs
In the opening scene, Ko appears to play baccarat in a casino in San Francisco whilst other gambling machines are visible. Casino gambling is illegal in most parts of the United States including California. This caption, mentioning San Francisco at the start, is excluded in English language print.

Alternate versions
41 seconds of cuts were applied for UK cinema and VHS releases to remove shots of a butterfly knife being twirled and to shorten the sight of a man using one to threaten a woman. The DVD released in 2003 is uncut, as the BBFC waived all previous cuts in December 2002.