Who is the heroine in Andy Lau's "Ahu"

It's Takako Tokiwa

Title: Ahu/English: A Fighter's Blue

Director: Li Rengang

Screenwriter: Zhang Zhicheng Li Rengang

Action Director: Billy Chou

Starring: Andy Lau, Takako Tokiwa Ntira

Type: Action

Country and Region: Hong Kong

Premiere date: December 21, 2000

Production company: Tianmu Film Co., Ltd.

MPAA rating: IIB

Film Length: 105 minutes

Plot:

Hong Kong kickboxing boxer Ah Hu attended the "Asia Pacific King Competition" with the mentality of "fighting fake punches", hoping to make profits; however, when he After meeting Pim, a young female photographer who came to shoot a documentary, her destiny took an unexpected change.

Hu, who abstained midway, could not resist the provocation of Thai player Chachai after the game and beat him to death by mistake. Hu was imprisoned for 13 years for manslaughter. After being released from prison, Pim passed away, leaving Hu with his daughter Ploy. In the process of searching for Ploy, Tora met Mio, the young director of the orphanage, and fell in love.

In order to prove to his daughter that he is a real boxer, and to compensate for Pim's expectations and live up to Mio's love, Tiger resolutely returned to the boxing ring. With the help of Mang, he met the current boxing champion Tawang. Engaging in a desperate battle...

Behind the scenes:

The film was shot by Andy Lau's Magnificent Film Company and co-starred with the popular Japanese idol artist Takako Tokiwa. Since the film is Andy Lau's 100th film career Movies are particularly significant.

Andy Lau plays a Muay Thai fighter in the film. Before the filming of the film, he specially trained his figure to be very muscular. Unfortunately, Andy only realized their figure when he visited Thailand to visit the professional boxers. Turns out to be very slender. In order to achieve a realistic look, Andy Lau had to lose weight quickly within two weeks and train with famous local boxers to finally achieve his ideal body shape. When filming the boxing scenes, he personally participated in the whole process. Although it was quite hard, he still insisted on continuing for the sake of effect. The audience Takako Tokiwa was even more stunned and praised Andy's professional fighting spirit.

Takako Tokiwa had previously co-starred with Leslie Cheung in "Fairy Tales of the Stars and Moon", and the reason why she took over the filming of "A Hu" this time was mainly because she admired Andy and the script and character were very attractive. In the film, Tokiwa needed to be proficient in four languages: Japanese, English, Thai, and Chinese, so whenever she had time, she would sit in a corner and recite dialogues by herself. Her attitude was very serious, and she was indeed highly praised.

"Ahu" has been highly anticipated before it was officially released. The movie is very popular in the Southeast Asian film market. In Japan alone, the purchase price is as high as eight digits. Compared with international movies, Movies by great director Wong Kar-Wai sell for higher prices, so the cost of the movie has already been recouped before it is released.