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Nomad
Directed byPatrick Tam
Written byJoyce Chan
Patrick Tam
Produced byJeffrey Lau
Dennis Yu
StarringLeslie Cheung
Pat Ha
Kent Tong
Cecilia Yip
Music byMan Yee Lam
Release date
1982
Running time
96 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Nomad (Chinese: 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 life. Nomad is considered one of the representatives of the Hong Kong New Wave films.

Plot

Louis (Leslie Cheung) is a young man from a rich family and misses his dead mother. He has a good friendship with his cousin Kathy (Pat Ha). Louis and Kathy later meet Tomato (Cecilia Yip), who becomes Louis' girlfriend, and Pong (Kent 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 a romantic relationship with Shinsuke Takeda (Yung Sai-kit), a Japanese man who is a member of the Japanese Red Army. Shinsuke Takeda is tired of his work in the Japanese Red Army 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 pregnant with Louis' child, survive the ordeal.

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