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Days of Being Wild

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

Release Date : 1990-12-15

Language :CantoneseTagalogEnglishMandarin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : In-Gear Film Production Co. Ltd.

Production Country : Hong Kong

Alternative Titles : Days of Being Wild

Cast

Character Name : Yuddy

Original Name : 張國榮

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tide

Original Name : 劉德華

Gender : Male

Character Name : Su Li-zhen

Original Name : 張曼玉

Gender : Female

Character Name : Leung Fung-ying

Original Name : 劉嘉玲

Gender : Female

Character Name : Zeb

Original Name : 張學友

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebecca

Original Name : Rebecca Pan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chow Mo-wan

Original Name : 梁朝偉

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Maid

Original Name : Maritoni Fernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Housekeeper

Original Name : Alicia Alonzo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yuddy's Mother

Original Name : Tita Muñoz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Hung Ling-Ling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prostitute

Original Name : Angela Ponos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebecca's Lover

Original Name : Danilo Antunes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Manageress

Original Name : Elena Lim So

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amah

Original Name : Mei-Mei Hung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Conductor

Original Name : Nonong Talbo

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Chin Tsi-Ang

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-02-12

I suppose you might call the dashingly handsome "Yuddy" (Leslie Cheung) a bit of a Lothario. He has good looks and charm, and he sails through life thinking only of himself. His ideal existence comes to a bit of an abrupt halt, though, when his alcoholic courtesan of a mother "Rebecca" (Rebecca Pan) reveals to him in a drunken stupor that she isn't actually his mother at all. The rug has now been pulled from under his cocky feet and he now embarks on a rather self destructive journey to find out just who the real woman is. After an initial relationship with "Su Li-zhen" (Maggie Cheung) he finds himself hooked up with dancer "Mimi" (Carina Lau) but no nearer his ultimate goal. It's only when "Rebecca" decides to set off with her newest beau for a new life that she dispatches "Yuddy" to the Philippines where his answer lies. Meantime, "Su Li-zhen" has again found herself alone after her boyfriend decides to leave his police job and become a sailor. Is it all possible that the two might reconcile? Now, there is definitely something of the episodic - even soap opera - about this film. An unlikable and frankly selfish character seeking his own truth for his own reasons, but to be fair to the director and the writers, they manage to elevate it from the more tabloid and gradually develop the characters into creatures with whom we can, to an extent, empathise. There are façades all over the place, truth and honesty and trust are near, but in shadows - and the use of the dark, rainy, Hong Kong scenarios provides ample locations for all of those to hide - and from which to be discovered. Not my favourite of Wong Kar-wai's films - it is just a little predicable - but still, he packs lots into ninety minutes and the cast deliver well - especially Maggie Cheung - and I did enjoy it.