A Better Tomorrow III

strong violence, injury detail

Director(s)Tsui Hark

Production year1989

Genre(s)Action

Approx. running minutes130m

CastChow Yun-Fat, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Mui, Shih Kien, Saburô Tokitô, Wai Lun Cheng, Maggie Ho-yee Cheung, Yeung-Wah Kam, Ling Nam Lam, Hsiang Lin Yin

A Better Tomorrow III

strong violence, injury detail

Amidst the chaos of the Vietnam War, a man travels to Saigon to rescue his uncle, but is forced to align with a notoriou ...

Amidst the chaos of the Vietnam War, a man travels to Saigon to rescue his uncle, but is forced to align with a notorious criminal.

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

theme

discrimination

Classified Date:

19/02/1990

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Scenepalm Ltd.

strong violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

14/09/2026

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Arrow Film Distributors Ltd

violence

Characters are shot, resulting in blood spurts. People are struck with batons, kicked, punched and pistol whipped. A woman is slapped and shoved to the ground by a man in one scene.

threat and horror

Scenes of threat include a bomb explosion at a protest, characters held at gunpoint and people chased by a tank.

language

Moderate bad language includes 'son of a bitch', and there are milder terms such as 'moron'.

sex

A clothed couple passionately kiss in bed and there are references to 'lovers'.

suicide and self-harm

A man is told to shoot himself and there is brief sight of him holding a gun to his head.

injury detail

In a hospital there is sight of a crowded room filled with injured people, including children. Characters are seen with bloody injuries in the aftermath of violence, and bloodied dead bodies feature.

theme

Upsetting scenes are centered on bereavement and illness.

Classified Date:

04/07/2005

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Medusa Comms. & Marketing Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Unabridged version

Contains frequent strong violence and language

Classified Date:

04/07/2005

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Medusa Comms. & Marketing Ltd

Classified Date:

04/05/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

M.I.H.K. Ltd.

Classified Date:

02/08/1990

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Justmatch Ltd

Classified Date:

10/07/2003

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Medusa Comms. & Marketing Ltd

Classified Date:

20/02/1990

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Scenepalm Ltd.

Classified date14/09/2026

LanguageCantonese

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

theme

discrimination

Director(s)Tsui Hark

Production year1989

Genre(s)Action

Approx. running minutes130m

CastChow Yun-Fat, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Mui, Shih Kien, Saburô Tokitô, Wai Lun Cheng, Maggie Ho-yee Cheung, Yeung-Wah Kam, Ling Nam Lam, Hsiang Lin Yin

Classified Date:

19/02/1990

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Scenepalm Ltd.

strong violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

14/09/2026

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Arrow Film Distributors Ltd

violence

Characters are shot, resulting in blood spurts. People are struck with batons, kicked, punched and pistol whipped. A woman is slapped and shoved to the ground by a man in one scene.

threat and horror

Scenes of threat include a bomb explosion at a protest, characters held at gunpoint and people chased by a tank.

language

Moderate bad language includes 'son of a bitch', and there are milder terms such as 'moron'.

sex

A clothed couple passionately kiss in bed and there are references to 'lovers'.

suicide and self-harm

A man is told to shoot himself and there is brief sight of him holding a gun to his head.

injury detail

In a hospital there is sight of a crowded room filled with injured people, including children. Characters are seen with bloody injuries in the aftermath of violence, and bloodied dead bodies feature.

theme

Upsetting scenes are centered on bereavement and illness.

Classified Date:

04/07/2005

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Medusa Comms. & Marketing Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Unabridged version

Contains frequent strong violence and language

Classified Date:

04/07/2005

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Medusa Comms. & Marketing Ltd

Classified Date:

04/05/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

M.I.H.K. Ltd.

Classified Date:

02/08/1990

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Justmatch Ltd

Classified Date:

10/07/2003

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Medusa Comms. & Marketing Ltd

Classified Date:

20/02/1990

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Scenepalm Ltd.

Classified date14/09/2026

LanguageCantonese