Hong Kong The Bodyguard from Beijing is a Hong Kong–Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
中南海保鑣
A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
Hong Kong × Japan Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Japan titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Bodyguard from Beijing. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Eastern Productions
Drama + Action in Hong Kong
136 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Bodyguard from Beijing itself).
The 1993–1995 Hong Kong Window
The Bodyguard from Beijing holds position #32 of 71 Hong Kong films in the 1993–1995 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Bodyguard from Beijing premiered alongside 25 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Hong Kong films in 1994.
The 404th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
90 audience reviews — more than 79% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 89th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Bodyguard from Beijing, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- witness · 5
- bodyguard · 10
- police · 105
- hong kong · 73
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #323 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #140 of 311 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Japan |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Eastern Productions, Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | July 28, 1994 |
| IMDb | tt0111835 |