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Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Mabel Cheung Yuen-TingDirector
- Mabel Cheung Yuen-TingWriter
- Alex Law Kai-YuiWriter
- Henry Lai Wan-ManOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lau Ching-WanFang Daolong
- Tang WeiChen Yuerong
- Qin HailuQiu
- Jing BoranHua
- Huang JueMaster Zhou
- Elaine Jin Yan-LingYuerong's Mother
- Li JianyiDaolong's Father
- Jiao GangKMT Agent Chief
- Philip Chan Yan-KinKMT Agent Chief
- Wu JingGrandma Yue
- Wong Ji-DanAssassin
- Peng YinEgg Hawker
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Themes
chinese civil warwoman director1930s