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Hong Kong 1941

Hong Kong 1941

1984•1h 40m•6.3/10
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6.3/10(26)

Years later, a woman narrates her personal story of the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941. She's Nam, young, attractive, daughter of a wealthy rice merchant, and prey to painful, disabling seizures. Her boyhood friend is Coolie Keung, whose family used to have wealth; he's now impoverished, a tough kid, a leader, in love with her. Into the mix steps Fay, cool and resourceful, an actor from the north, intent on getting to Gold Mountain in the US or Australia. They form a threesome, but the day they are to leave Hong Kong, the invasion stops them. Fay must rescue Keung from collaborators, Nam falls in love with Fay, and danger awaits their next attempt to escape.

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Production

D & B Films, Bo Ho Films, Fortune Star Films Co. (H.K.)

Language

CN

Status

Released

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Cast

Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat

Yip Kim-Fay

Alex Man Chi-Leung

Alex Man Chi-Leung

Wong Hak-Keung

Cecilia Yip Tung

Cecilia Yip Tung

Ha Yuk-Nam

Ku Feng

Ku Feng

Shiu

Sek Kin

Sek Kin

Ha Chung-Sang

Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Sergeant Wing

Wu Ma

Wu Ma

Chairman Liu

Stuart Yung Sai-Kit

Stuart Yung Sai-Kit

General Kanezawa

Angela Yu Chien

Angela Yu Chien

Fei's Aunt

Hon Yee-Sang

Hon Yee-Sang

Fei's Uncle

Billy Lau Nam-Kwong

Billy Lau Nam-Kwong

Foreman

Chu Tau

Chu Tau

Liu's Man

Chow Gam-Kong

Chow Gam-Kong

Liu's Man

Paco Yick Tin-Hung

Paco Yick Tin-Hung

Wing's Thug

Lam Chi-Tai

Lam Chi-Tai

Sang's Worker

Lung Ying

Lung Ying

Sang's Worker

Wang Han-Chen

Wang Han-Chen

Japanese Collaborator Captain

Leong Po-Chih

Leong Po-Chih

Emperor

Fong Yue

Fong Yue

Wang's Wife

John Chan Koon-Chung

John Chan Koon-Chung

Photographer

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