''Girls Without Tomorrow'' aka. ''Call Girl '88'' (應召女郎1988) is a 1988
Hong Kong film
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese-language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former Crown colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of ar ...
directed by
David Lam Tak Luk and
Wong Chi.
It was followed by a sequel in 1992: ''
Girls Without Tomorrow 1992''.
Plot
Female actress Jenny (Maggie Cheung) is actually a high-class escort; Mei-Feng (Fung Bo-Bo) chooses to become a prostitute to pay her husband’s medical bills; Shan-Shan (Carrie Ng) unwillingly becomes a prostitute to pay her mother’s medical bills; Ling-Yu (Elsie Chan) is Shan-Shan’s optimistic roommate.
Cast and roles
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Elsie Chan Elsie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Elsie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Lily Elsie (1886–1952), English actress and singer born Elsie Hodder
* Robert Elsie (1950–2017), Canadian expert in Albania ...
– Ling-Yu
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Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress. She is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed actresses in Asia, renowned for her diverse and versatile performances as well as her natural acting skills ...
– Jenny Lin
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Fung Bo-Bo
Petrina Fung Bo Bo (born 30 October 1954) is a Malaysian-born Chinese actress in Hong Kong. Fung is known for the 1994 film ''C'est la vie, mon chéri''.
Early life
On 30 October 1954, Fung was born in British North Borneo (now part of Mala ...
– Mei-Feng / Tsui Tsui
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Stanley Fung
Stanley Fung Shui-fan (born June 1, 1945) is a Hong Kong actor and film director known for playing comedic roles. He was one of the Lucky Stars.
Career
In 1967, Fung became an actor in Hong Kong films. Fung first appeared in To Rose with ...
– Fang
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Lau Siu-Ming – Ling-Yu's Godfather
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Alan Chui Chung-San
Chui Chung-San (often known as Shu Zhong Xin, Tsui Chung-San, Hsu Zhong-Xin or Alan Hsu; 16 August 1954 – 2 November 2022) was a Hong Kong actor, director, choreographer, martial artist and stuntman. He was known for being an action director ...
– Brother Two
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Lin Chung – Uncle Yen
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Carrie Ng
Carrie Ng (born 1963) is a Hong Kong actress well known for both Category-III cult and mainstream films. She won Best Actress at the 1993 Golden Horse Film Festival awards for her performance in ''Remains of a Woman'' and Best Supporting Actres ...
– Shan-Shan
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Kent Tong
Kenneth Tong Chun-yip (; born 29 September 1958) is a Hong Kong actor. He was a popular TVB actor during the 1980s, nicknamed "Prince" and one of the " Five Tiger Generals" of TVB.
Early life
Kent Tong was born to and grew up in a poor family in H ...
– Television Actor
See also
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Prostitution in Hong Kong
Prostitution in Hong Kong is itself legal, but organised prostitution is illegal, as there are laws against keeping a brothel, vice establishment, causing or procuring another to be a prostitute, living on the prostitution of others, or public s ...
External links
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HK cinemagic entry
Hong Kong drama films
1988 films
Films directed by David Lam
1980s Hong Kong films
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