Synopsis
Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Yasuki ChibaDirector
- Ryōichi HattoriOriginal Music Composer
- Toshiro IdeScreenplay
Cast
- Akira TakaradaHiroshi Tanaka
- Lucilla Yu MingWu Li Hung
- Yōko TsukasaKeiko Kimura
- Mitsuko KusabueYu Lan
- Rumiko SasaKiyoko Matsuyama
- Michiyo KogureYoshiko Matsuyama
- Hiroshi KoizumiCast
- Ken UeharaRyuzo Kimura
- Yū FujikiShozo Ishikawa
- Daisuke KatōKenkichi Matsuyama
- King Pai-ChienCast
- Yin WangZhang Qianli