Heroes Shed No Tears (1986 film)

Heroes Shed No Tears (Chinese: 英雄無淚; Cantonese Yale: Ying Huhng Mouh Leuih; also known as Return to Killing Fields in the Philippines) is a 1984 Hong Kong action war film directed by John Woo, who also wrote with Chiu Leung-chun and Peter Chan, who also produced.

The film stars Eddy Ko, with a supporting cast of Lam Ching-ying, Ma Ying-chun, Philippe Loffredo, and Cécile Le Bailly.

The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries led by Chan Chung to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle Area near the Vietnamese border with Laos.

Along the way the heroes cross into Vietnam and must face a sadistic Vietnamese colonel as well as protect the family of Chang Chung which lives in a village near the border.

[6] From retrospective reviews, Heroes Shed No Tears received a four out of ten rating from John Charles in his book The Hong Kong Filmography , 1977-1997.