Taking Manhattan
1992, Cantonese. Directed by Kirk Wong Chi-Keung.
Ho has a bright future with Hong Kong's police force. ButHo's wife wants to emigrate to the United States. So he winds up in Manhattan on the New York police force. Ho's wife meets Chinese 'wheeler- dealer' Chan who teaches her how to double her money overnight. She changes from a tender wife into a hard business woman as Ho watches helplessly. In fact, Ho has been given his new undercover assignment: to investigate Chan and his suspected criminal background. So the Hos and the Chans keep on meeting, loving and hating, all the while in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge until the explosive end.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 5 November 1992
- Original title
- 買起曼克頓
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Raymond To Kwok-Wai, Lai Kit, Cheung Chi-Sing
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Taking Manhattan isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 November 1992. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Taking Manhattan?
Taking Manhattan (1992) was directed by Kirk Wong Chi-Keung and stars Carrie Ng Ka-lai, Lui Chi-Yin, Andrew Chan Gwan.