Nomad (1982 film)

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Nomad

Directed by	Patrick Tam
Produced by	Jeffrey Lau Dennis Yu
Written by	Joyce Chan Patrick Tam
Starring	Leslie Cheung Pat Ha Ken Tong Cecilia Yip
Music by	Man Yee Lam
Distributed by	[[]]
Release date(s)	1982
Running time	96 min
Language	Cantonese
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Nomad (烈火青春) is a 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Tam. It is about the experiences of a group of youngsters who feel lost and try to find the true meaning of the life. Nomad is considered as one of the representives of the Hong Kong New Wave films.

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2 Cast and roles
3 Nominations
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[edit] Plot

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Louis (Leslie Cheung) is a longly young man from a rich family and misses his passed mother very much. He has a good friendship with his cousin Kathy (Pat Ha). Louis and Kathy later know Tomato (Cecilia Yip), who becomes Louis's girlfriend, and Pong (Ken Tong), who becomes Kathy's boyfriend. The four live a casual life together, hang out aimlessly, and share their dreams and difficulties with one another on frequent trips to Hong Kong's outlying islands. But Kathy's past returns to haunt her. She once lived in Japan, and had romance with Shinsuke Takeda (Sai-Kit Yung), a Japanese who is the member of Japanese Red Army. Shinsuke Takeda is bored of the life as a Red Army member and wants to quit the organization. This leads to a vow of revenge by the organization and Shinsuke Takeda runs to Kathy to ask for help. However, he was eventually found by the killers dispatched by the Red Army and both Kathy and Shinsuke are killed, while Louis and Tomato, who is pregnent with Louis's kid, survive the crisis.