title: The Head Hunter
text: # The Head Hunter
  
  The Head Hunter is a 1982 Hong Kong action film directed by Lau Shing-hon and starring Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan. The film is also known as Long Goodbye in the United States.
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  Yuen Lik (Chow Yun Fat) is a Vietnam war veteran who becomes a hit man in Hong Kong. He later falls in love with Vickie Lee (Rosamund Kwan), a news reporter who's trying to solve the string of murders in the city.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Chow Yun-fat as Yuen Lik / Nguyen Dich
  * Rosamund Kwan as Ngor Pui-man / Vickie Lee
  * Flora Cheong-Leen as Girl in disco
  * Ko Chun-hsiung as Ngor Wing-fu / Lee Hung-fat
  * Philip Chan as Kam Ta-fu / Kam Tai-yung
  * Tang Ching as Tang Kin
  * Wan Chi Keung as Kenny
  * Melvin Wong as Inspector Lau
  * Ng Hong-sang as Captain Ng
  * Lo Wai as Victim
  * Tsang Cho-lam as Blind man musician
  * Stephen Yip as Killer with melon knife
  * Yat-poon Chai as Policeman
  * Wong Hak as Yuen Lik's father
  * Wellington Fung
  * Chan Leung as Assassin with chopper
  * Jue Tak-wai
  * Lee Ka-lai
  