Confession of Pain
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Directed by	Alan Mak Andrew Lau
Produced by	Andrew Lau
Written by	Felix Chong Alan Mak
Starring	Tony Leung Chiu Wai Takeshi Kaneshiro Shu Qi Xu Jinglei
Release date(s)	December 21, 2006
Running time	110 min.
Language	Cantonese
Budget	HK$80 million
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Confession of Pain (Traditional Chinese: 傷城; Simplified Chinese: 伤城; pinyin: Shāngchéng, literally 'forlorn city') is a movie directed by Alan Mak and Andrew Lau, starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi and Xu Jinglei. Siu Fai MAK (simplified chinese:麦兆辉 pinyin: MAI Zhao Hui) is a Chinese scriptwriter and co-writer with Felix Chong the story of Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. ... Andrew Lau Wai Keung (born April 4, 1960) is a Hong Kong film director and cinematographer. ... Felix Chong or Felix Chong Man Keung (January 1, 1968 in Hong Kong, China) is a Chinese scriptwriter and co-writer with Siu Fai Mak the story of Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. ... Tony Leung Chiu-wai in a 2006 promotional photograph for the Hong Kong Entertainment Expo Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (born in Hong Kong on June 27, 1962) is a Hong Kong movie and ex-television actor. ... Takeshi Kaneshiro Takeshi Kaneshiro (Traditional Chinese: 金城武, Simplified Chinese: 金城武, Hepburn: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: JÄ«nchéng WÅ­, born October 11, 1973) is a male actor and model. ... // Shu Qi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ShÅ« Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Chi) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-hui (æž—ç«‹æ…§). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi (Wade-Giles) or Shu Kei (Cantonese). ... Xu Jinglei (Chinese: ; pinyin: xú jìnglÄ›i; born 16 April 1974) is a famous actress, singer and director in Mainland China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article is on all of the Yue dialects. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Pinyin method be merged into this article or section. ... Siu Fai MAK (simplified chinese:麦兆辉 pinyin: MAI Zhao Hui) is a Chinese scriptwriter and co-writer with Felix Chong the story of Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. ... Andrew Lau Wai Keung (born April 4, 1960) is a Hong Kong film director and cinematographer. ... Tony Leung Chiu-wai in a 2006 promotional photograph for the Hong Kong Entertainment Expo Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (born in Hong Kong on June 27, 1962) is a Hong Kong movie and ex-television actor. ... Takeshi Kaneshiro Takeshi Kaneshiro (Traditional Chinese: 金城武, Simplified Chinese: 金城武, Hepburn: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: JÄ«nchéng WÅ­, born October 11, 1973) is a male actor and model. ... // Shu Qi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ShÅ« Qí; Wade-Giles: Shu Chi) (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-hui (æž—ç«‹æ…§). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi (Wade-Giles) or Shu Kei (Cantonese). ... Xu Jinglei (Chinese: ; pinyin: xú jìnglÄ›i; born 16 April 1974) is a famous actress, singer and director in Mainland China. ...

Plot Summary

Detective Hei (Leung), a veteran detective and his partner Bong (Kaneshiro) busted a rapist in 2003. When Bong went back home after the bust, he found out that his pregnant girlfriend committed suicide. From that day on, Bong became a drunkard and turned in his badge to work as a private investigator, all the while trying to find out why his girlfriend committed suicide. This article or section should be merged with intoxication Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated with alcohol (i. ...

Three years later, Bong discovered that on the night his girlfriend committed suicide; she was actually waiting at a bar for her secret love, who ended up unconscious after a car accident on the same night. Bong originally thought that he would be angry at his girlfriend's lover, but he ended up taking care of the comatosed lover while he lies in the hospital. Bong eventually moved on and fell in love with a girl who sells beer at the same bar, Feng (Shu Qi).

Hei married Susan (Xu Jinlei), daughter of billionaire Chau. Chau was murdered, so Susan hired Bong to find his father's murderer. Bong ultimately discovered that Hei murdered Chau because Chau killed Hei's entire family when he was a boy living in Macau. Hei then had to take on another identity to avoid being murdered by Chau. Hei also attempted to murder Susan, but she avoided death and fell into a coma. When Hei saw Susan in the hospital, he realized that his attempts to avenge his family only ended up causing more pain to himself. He couldn't live with the fact that he had just destroyed the last of his family, and committed suicide.

Cast

• Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Detective Lau Ching Hei

• Takeshi Kaneshiro as Bong

• Shu Qi as Feng

• Xu Jinlei as Susan

• Chapman To as Inspector Tsui Wing Kwong

• Yueh Hua as Susan's father

• Emme Wong as Rachel

• Wan Yeung-Ming as Susan's father's servant

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Reception

Critical Reception

Critics' review of the movie was mixed. Most critics postively reviewed the performances by Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro, but criticized the plot for the lack of suspense because it was revealed prematurely that Detective Hei was the murderer.

Box Office

Confession of Pain opened in Hong Kong in the same week as Chow Yun Fat's Curse of the Golden Flower and was beaten by on the opening day, but was still able to generate box office revenues of HK$3 million on opening weekend.^[1] Chow Yun-Fat (周潤發, Jau1 Yeun6 Faat3, Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has ever produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. ... Curse of the Golden Flower (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known literally as The City of Golden Armor, is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou. ...

Awards

Confession was nominated for seven awards in the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards, including best screenplay, best actor (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), best cinematography, best film editing, best art direction, best costume make up design, and best original film score. ^[2] Hong Kong Film Awards (香港電影金像獎), is the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong. ...

Distribution

Confession of Pain was released in theatres in Hong Kong on December 21, 2006. The 2-disc DVD edition, 2-disc DVD special edition (with Postcard Book) and VCD edition were all released in Hong Kong on February 14, 2007. The DVD editions feature audio in DTS-ES and a second disc featuring a documentary of the making of the movie, photo galleries and other bonus features. DTS logo DTS (also known as Digital Theater Systems), owned by DTS, Inc. ...

Soundtrack

Ayumi Hamasaki performed the theme song Secret, which appears in the international version of the movie. The mandarin theme song in the Chinese version of the movie, Wounded City Secret (傷城秘密) was performed by Denise Ho. Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese pop singer. ... Denise Ho Wan-Si (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as HOCC, CC and Goo, born May 10, 1977, with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer. ...

Trivia

• Sponsors of the movie include: Giorgio Armani, Ayumi Hamasaki, 1010, San Miguel, Citicall, Philip Stein, D-Link, Neway and APM. ^[3]

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Remake

A Hollywood remake of Confession of Pain was announced^[4] by Warner Bros, who bought the rights of the film. Leonardo DiCaprio's production company is producing the film alongside Roy Lee, who brokered^{[citation needed]} the remake deals on Asian movies from The Ring to Infernal Affairs. At the moment, however, it isn't yet known if DiCaprio, once the biggest actor in Hollywood for his role in record-grossing love story meets disaster flick Titanic, will also star in the film. William Monahan, who won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Departed, will work on the script. The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York... Roy Lee (born 1969) is an Asian American producer who regularly takes well known Asian films and remakes them for American audiences. ... The Ring is a 2002 American film, a remake of the Japanese horror mystery Ring (1998). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... William Monahan (born November 3, 1960, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American screenwriter. ...

References

1. ^ "Christmas Eve Box Office", Sun Daily, 2006-12-25. Retrieved on 2006-12-25.
2. ^ "HKFAA official nominee list".
3. ^ "Sponsors listed on official website".
4. ^ "After Departed Hollywood to remake 2nd Chinese film", China Daily, 2007-03-02. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.

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External link

• Official website
• Confession of Pain at the Internet Movie Database