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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
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How Did Ringo Lam Ling-Tung Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 63
Also known asRingo Lam Ling-Tung, 林岭东, 林嶺東, Ringo Lam, Lam Ling-TungGenderMaleNationalityPeople's Republic of ChinaBorn08/12/1955Born inHong Kong, ChinaDied29/12/2018 (aged 63)Died inHong KongCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ285908 ↗TMDb#26767 ↗

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung was a Hong Kong filmmaker. He was known for his action and crime films produced during the Hong Kong New Wave, many of them comprising entries in the heroic bloodshed subgenre. He was nominated for six Hong Kong Film Awards, winning Best Director for his 1987 film City on Fire, which he followed with other similar films that shared a dark view of Hong Kong society, collectively known as the "On Fire" cycle.

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Filmography12 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2017In the Mood for MelvilleMovieSelf62
2011Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-KongMovie—56
1993Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong KinoMovieSelf38
1992Twin DragonsMovieCard Player37
1991Touch and GoMovie—36
1988The Eighth HappinessMovieAudience member (cameo)33
1987City on FireMovieChow's Contact32
1978ICAC: Section NineMovie—23
1977A House is Not a HomeSeries—22
1977Luk Siu Fung (Series II)Series—22
1976You Are WonderfulMovie—21
1974The Fatal IronySeries—19