Hitman
Hitman, released in some regions as Contract Killer, is a 1998 Hong Kong action film directed by Stephen Tung, starring Jet Li, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam and Gigi Leung. The film was released in Hong Kong on 3 April 1998.
Plot
In Hong Kong, a mysterious hitman known as the "King of Killers" has murdered a wealthy ex-yakuza crime boss named Tsukamoto. Because Tsukamoto had established a revenge fund in case of an assassination, a US $100 million bounty is placed upon the King. The deceased's power hungry grandson, Eiji, becomes the new head of the Tsukamoto family and one of the bounty hunters.
More details
| author | Vincent Kok |
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| contentLocation | Hong Kong |
| director | Stephen Wai |
| editor | Cheung Ka-Fai |
| genre | action comedy |
| keywords | apartment complex attack bank account bounty hunter build crime boss crime lord disguised as a priest fight force gang member graduation party heart attack japanese man kill murder old man possess promissory note search second sino-japanese war security bureau talk the king want |
| musicBy | Jussi Tegelman |
| producer | Gordon Chan |
| productionCompany | China Star Entertainment Group Win's Entertainment |
| publisher | China Star Entertainment Group Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| theme | action comedy martial arts yakuza |