Weeds on Fire
Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.
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Cast
Liu Kai-chi
Principal Lo Kwong Fai
Sham Ka-ki
Chan Keung
Lam Yiu-sing
Tse Chi-Lung
Tony Wu Tsz-tung
Fan Chun-Wai
Poon Chan-Leung
Mr Tsang
Suen Lik-Man
Lung's father
Hedwig Tam
Tsz Ching
Maria Wong Si-Man
Lung's dream lover
Jan Lam Hoi-fung
Narrator (voice)
Will Or Wai-Lam
Dung
Himmy Wong
Li Wang
Shui Jie
Lung's mother
Ng Kam Chuen
Wai's Boss
Chan Cheuk-Him
Juvenile Gangster
Chan Tak-Shing
Baseball Match Spectator
Lau Ka-Yee
Baseball Match Spectator
Yuen Hon-Cheung
Baseball Match Spectator
Hon-Lam Chau
Short / Shatin Martins
Kwong Kai Tung
Estate Thief
Chan Yat-Man
Juvenile Gangster
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Overview
Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.