Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
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| Directed by | Lam Nai-choi |
| Written by | Lam Nai-choi |
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| Produced by | Johnathan Chow |
| Starring | Fan Siu-wong Fan Mei-sheng Ho Ka-kui Yukari Oshima Tetsurō Tamba |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung Keung Chuen-tak |
| Music by | Philip Chan Fei-lit |
Production companies | Diagonal Pictures Paragon Films |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$2,147,778 |
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (Chinese: 力王, also known as Story of Ricky) is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts splatter film written and directed by Lam Nai-choi, and starring Fan Siu-wong, Fan Mei-sheng (Siu-wong's real life father), Ho Ka-kui, Gloria Yip, Yukari Oshima, and Tetsurō Tamba. It is based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Masahiko Takajo and Tetsuya Saruwatari. It follows the title character (Fan), a young man who has super-human power and fighting abilities, who is held in a dystopian private prison.
A Golden Harvest production, the film premiered in Japan on October 5, 1991 before being released in Hong Kong on April 9, 1992. It also received a limited theatrical release in the United States in 1993. Riki-Oh was the first film to receive a Category III rating (viewers under 18 not allowed) solely for violent content. In the years since its release, the film has developed a cult following for its extremely brutal and highly unrealistic violence, as well as its high camp factor and poor English dubbing.