''The Prince of Temple Street'' is a 1992 Hong Kong

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directed by Jeffrey Chiang and starring

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, Joey Wong,

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and

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. Aside of portraying the titular protagonist in the film, Lau also briefly reprises his role as " Lee Rock", the real life-inspired protagonist from the film series of the same name.

Plot

Triad leader Chiu (

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) calls up a meeting hoping to find someone willing to adopt an abandoned male infant he picked up in Temple Street. During the meeting, nobody was able to stop the infant from crying until it was passed to a servant's arms. He is Tong Chau-sui (

), who is chosen as the adoptive father of the infant. Because there were twelve people in the meeting and everyone were the infant's godparents, Chiu names the infant Tong Sap-yee (''lit.'' "Tong Twelve"), whom everyone calls as "Prince Twelve". On the surface, Prince Twelve (

) seems like a favored person, but down his heart, he is lonelier than everyone else. His adoptive father, Chau-sui, is a worker of a mahjong house in Temple Street while his adoptive mother, Phoenix (

), is an ex-prostitute who claims to have abandoned his son in Temple Street on the same day Twelve was abandoned, and thus, treats Prince Twelve as her biological son. The renowned Prince Twelve has a rival named Lap Ling (Chin Ho), who is the leader of the Kwoon Chung Gang and a person more terrible than a devil. One day, Prince Twelve meets a girl who came preaching at Temple Street named Teresa ( Joey Wong). From the first moment he looked at her, he fell in love with her.

Cast

as Prince Twelve / Lee Rock * Joey Wong as Teresa *

as Phoenix *

as Tong Chau-sui *Chin Ho as Lap Ling *

as Chiu (cameo) * Charles Heung as Lam Kong (cameo) *Lau Siu-ming as Ho (cameo) *

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as Ngan Tung (cameo) *

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as Ha (cameo) *Wong Chi-keung as Piggy (cameo) *

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as Cheng (cameo) *Jamie Luk as Little Ma (cameo) *Frankie Chan as Peter Pan *Jameson Lam as Motel manager *Wan Seung-lam as Kin's man *Leung Kam-san as Uncle Tsuen *

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as Phoenix's hooker *Choi Kwok-hing as Kwan *Jeffrey Lam as Uncle Kin *Carol Lee as Smartie's girlfriend *Danny Poon as Cheating *Leung Kai-chi as White haired old man *Fong Yue as Brothel Spruiker *Ho Chi-moon *Kong Foo-keung as Uncle Fat's thug *Choi Cho-kuen as Uncle Fat's thug *Annabelle Lau *Tang Cheung *Wong Kim-ban *Lo Kwok-wai *Lee Ka-hung

Theme song

*''Things I Used to Hold Tight On'' (從前我所緊抱的) / ''Me and the Dreams I Chase'' (我和我追逐的夢) **Composer: Steve Chow **Lyricist: Calvin Poon , Steve Chow **Singer:

Box office

The film grossed HK$12,620,570 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 20 August to 3 September 1992 in

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References

External links

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