Hong Kong Neon Sign-Centric Film “A Light Never Goes Out” to Hit Japanese Cinemas January

Hong Kong’s “A Light Never Goes Out,” chosen for Oscars’ International Feature Film Category, will be released in Japanese on January 12, 2024

The film, which was screened in the “Future of Asia” section of the 2022 Tokyo International Film Festival under the title “Vanishing Lights,” is set in Hong Kong, where neon signs are decreasing due to revisions to building codes and other regulations. The film is about a wife, Mei Hyun, who is trying to complete the last neon sign her husband, Bill, left behind after his death, a skilled neon signer, meets a strange young man in his workshop, a conflict with her daughter who wants to leave Hong Kong, and a legendary blown glass neon sign that Mei Hyun comes to know. The film is directed and written by the same director and screenwriter who also directed the film.

The film is directed and written by Anastasia Tsang, making her film debut. Simon Yam plays Bill, Sylvia Chang plays Mei Hyun, Henik Chau plays the young man, and Cecilia Choy plays the daughter. Sylvia Chang won the award for Best Actor for the third time in 36 years at the Taiwan’s largest film awards, the Golden Globe Awards.