---
title: 'Painted Faces (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alex Law'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/painted-faces-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095937/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Painted Faces (1988)

1988 · 112 min · Drama · Hong Kong

Original title: 七小福

## Synopsis

Painted Faces is a 1988 Hong Kong biographical drama film co-written and directed by Alex Law and starring Sammo Hung as his mentor, Master Yu Jim-yuen of the China Drama Academy. For his portrayal as Master Yu, Hung won his second Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alex Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-law)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lowell Lo](https://cinepixo.com/people/lowell-lo)
- **Producer:** [Mona Fong](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-fong), [Leonard Ho](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-ho)

## Cast

- [Wu Ma](https://cinepixo.com/people/wu-ma)
- [Sammo Hung](https://cinepixo.com/people/sammo-hung)
- [Cheng Pei-pei](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheng-pei-pei)

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