The Prince Of Temple Street

Aside of portraying the titular protagonist in the film, Lau also briefly reprises his role as "Lee Rock", the real life-inspired protagonist from the film series of the same name.

The Prince of Temple Street
DVD cover
Traditional Chinese	廟街十二少
Simplified Chinese	庙街十二少
Hanyu Pinyin	Miào Jiē Shí Èr Shǎo
Jyutping	Miu6 Gaai1 Sap6 Ji4 Siu3
Directed by	Jeffrey Chiang
Screenplay by	Yuen Sai-man Lai Man-cheuk
Produced by	Liu Kin-fat
Starring	Andy Lau Joey Wong Deanie Ip Ng Man-tat
Cinematography	Ardy Lam
Edited by	Ma Chung-yiu Mui Tung-lit
Music by	Dominic Chow
Production companies	Cheung Wang Channel Film & Video Wing Fat Film Production
Distributed by	Golden Princess Amusement
Release date	20 August 1992 (1992-08-20)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$12,620,570

Triad leader Chiu (Ray Lui) calls up a meeting hoping to find someone willing to adopt an abandoned male infant he picked up in Temple Street. During the meeting, nobody was able to stop the infant from crying until it was passed to a servant's arms. He is Tong Chau-sui (Ng Man-tat), who is chosen as the adoptive father of the infant. Because there were twelve people in the meeting and everyone were the infant's godparents, Chiu names the infant Tong Sap-yee (lit. "Tong Twelve"), whom everyone calls as "Prince Twelve".

On the surface, Prince Twelve (Andy Lau) seems like a favored person, but down his heart, he is lonelier than everyone else. His adoptive father, Chau-sui, is a worker of a mahjong house in Temple Street while his adoptive mother, Phoenix (Deanie Ip), is an ex-prostitute who claims to have abandoned his son in Temple Street on the same day Twelve was abandoned, and thus, treats Prince Twelve as her biological son.

The renowned Prince Twelve has a rival named Lap Ling (Chin Ho), who is the leader of the Kwoon Chung Gang and a person more terrible than a devil. One day, Prince Twelve meets a girl who came preaching at Temple Street named Teresa (Joey Wong). From the first moment he looked at her, he fell in love with her.

• Andy Lau as Prince Twelve / Lee Rock
• Joey Wong as Teresa
• Deanie Ip as Phoenix
• Ng Man-tat as Tong Chau-sui
• Chin Ho as Lap Ling
• Ray Lui as Chiu (cameo)
• Charles Heung as Lam Kong (cameo)
• Lau Siu-ming as Ho (cameo)
• Lau Kong as Ngan Tung (cameo)
• Amy Yip as Ha (cameo)
• Wong Chi-keung as Piggy (cameo)
• Kent Cheng as Cheng (cameo)
• Jamie Luk as Little Ma (cameo)
• Frankie Chan as Peter Pan
• Jameson Lam as Motel manager
• Wan Seung-lam as Kin's man
• Leung Kam-san as Uncle Tsuen
• Kingdom Yuen as Phoenix's hooker
• Choi Kwok-hing as Kwan
• Jeffrey Lam as Uncle Kin
• Carol Lee as Smartie's girlfriend
• Danny Poon as Cheating
• Leung Kai-chi as White haired old man
• Fong Yue as Brothel Spruiker
• Ho Chi-moon
• Kong Foo-keung as Uncle Fat's thug
• Choi Cho-kuen as Uncle Fat's thug
• Annabelle Lau
• Tang Cheung
• Wong Kim-ban
• Lo Kwok-wai
• Lee Ka-hung

• Things I Used to Hold Tight On (從前我所緊抱的) (Cantonese / Me and the Dreams I Chase (我和我追逐的夢) (Mandarin)
  • Composer: Steve Chow
  • Lyricist: Calvin Poon (Cantonese, Steve Chow (Mandarin)
  • Singer: Andy Lau

The film grossed HK$12,620,570 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 20 August to 3 September 1992 in Hong Kong.

• Andy Lau filmography

• The Prince of Temple Street at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Prince of Temple Street at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• The Prince of Temple Street at IMDb