B420

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title: "B420" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2005-independent-films", "2000s-cantonese-language-films", "films-set-in-macau", "hong-kong-comedy-drama-films", "hong-kong-independent-films", "2005-directorial-debut-films", "2005-hong-kong-films"] description: "2005 Hong Kong film by Matthew Tang" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B420" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2005 Hong Kong film by Matthew Tang ::

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Field	Value
italic_title	no
name	b420
image	B420 film poster.jpg
caption	Film poster
director	Matthew Tang
producer	Philip Lee
writer	Matthew Tang
starring	Ben Hung
Sam Lee
Miki Yeung
editing	Matthew Tang
released
runtime	85 minutes
country	Hong Kong
language	Cantonese
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| italic_title = no | name = b420 | image = B420 film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster | director = Matthew Tang | producer = Philip Lee | writer = Matthew Tang | starring = Ben Hung Sam Lee Miki Yeung | music = | cinematography = | editing = Matthew Tang | studio = | distributor = | released = | runtime = 85 minutes | country = Hong Kong | language = Cantonese | budget = | gross = b420 is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Mathew Tang. The film is set in Macau and is a comedy-drama. It is an independent film with a low budget. The tagline of the movie is "Before Twenty... Before Too Old".

b420s title is in reference to "before 20, before too old". According to Tang, "There's a big difference in life from when you're in a school uniform than when you're not." Starring Miki Yeung, Sam Lee, and Ben Hung Jin-Ming, the film tells the story of three adolescents as they become adults and what they think about death, love, and life.

Production

b420 grew out of Tang's project at the City University of Hong Kong School of Creative Media. Tang tried to secure backing from film studios but received conflicting rejections. While a studio told him the film was excessively "commercial", a second studio responded that the film was not sufficiently commercial. Using nearly all of his money, Tang chose to self-finance the film.

Cast

Cast and roles include:

• Ben Hung as Simon
• Sam Lee as Willy
• Miki Yeung as Koey
• Zeni Wong as Siu Wan

Reception

Variety film critic Russell Edwards wrote, "Helmer's obvious talent and the first-rate perfs keep pic's tempo breezy, but the transition to fully-fledged drama (courtesy of a ransom scam at the three-quarter mark) is not entirely convincing. Similarly, minor plot strands which tie Koey's Web site buddies to the main drama are awkwardly executed."

Awards

The film was admitted by several international film festivals. It won the Grand Prix Award in the 19th Fukuoka Asian Film Festival, and was awarded Best Film in the 4th Viennese Youth International Film Festival.

b420 was one of the two opening films of the 2005 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.

References

References

1. "b420". Love HK Film.com.
2. Edwards, Russell. (2005-07-04). "B420".
3. Kwong, Teresa Puis-see. (2009-08-01). "Age of independents: new Hong Kong film and video". [[Film International]].
4. Sun, Andrew. (2005-11-22). "Make-or-break time for director Mathew Tang". [[South China Morning Post]].
5. Chong, Dennis. (2007-11-19). "B420 claims second international award". [[South China Morning Post]].
6. Scott, Mathew. (2005-09-29). "Surefire exposure". [[South China Morning Post]].
7. [http://chinesemov.com/2005/B420.html B420 at chinesemov.com]
8. "From the Director: Matthew Tang". Hong Kong Film Development Council.
9. "Opening film: b240". [[Broadway Circuit]].

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