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Nomad (1982 film)

Nomad is a 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Tam. It is about the experiences of a group of youngsters who feel lost and try to find the meaning of life.

Plot
Louis (Leslie Cheung) is a young man from a rich family and misses his dead mother. He has a good friendship with his cousin Kathy (Pat Ha). Louis and Kathy later meet Tomato (Cecilia Yip), who becomes Louis' girlfriend, and Pong (Kent Tong), who becomes Kathy's boyfriend. The four live a casual life together, hang out aimlessly, and share their dreams and difficulties with one another on frequent trips to Hong Kong's outlying islands. But Kathy's past returns to haunt her. She once lived in Japan, and had a romantic relationship with Shinsuke Takeda (Yung Sai-kit), a member of the Japanese Red Army. He is tired of this work and wants to quit the organization. This leads to the army vowing revenge, so he runs to Kathy to ask for help. They are found by the killers dispatched by the Red Army and both die, while Louis and Tomato, who is pregnant with Louis' child, survive the ordeal. ==Cast==
Cast
Leslie Cheung as Louis • Pat Ha as Kathy • Kent Tong as Pong • Cecilia Yip as Tomato • Yip Ha-lei as Pong's dad • Yung Sai-Kit as Shinsuke Takeda ==Release==
Release
Nomad was released on November 26, 1982. Nomad was released on blu-ray as a double feature with Tam's My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989) by Radiance Films on February 24, 2025. ==Reception==
Reception
In Hong Kong film magazine , a critic complimented the art direction as maintaining the style established in Tam's previous film (1981) which added a strong atmosphere to the film. The author found that Tam's direction was slightly messy but with many strong moments. At the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005, various Asian film critics, film makers and actors voted for the top Chinese films from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. Nomad was listed at 73rd place on the list. In 2010, both contemporary and former research officers and programmers of the Hong Kong Film Archive as well as the Director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the dean of School of Film & Television at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts submitted a list of the 100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies. Nomad was included on the top 100 list. ==Awards==
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