The read
A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Leong Po-ChihDirector
- John Chan Koon-ChungScreenplay
- Violet LamOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chow Yun-FatYip Kim-Fay
- Alex Man Chi-LeungWong Hak-Keung
- Cecilia Yip TungHa Yuk-Nam
- Ku FengShiu
- Shih KienHa Chung-Sang
- Paul Chun PuiSergeant Wing
- Wu MaChairman Liu
- Stuart Yung Sai-KitGeneral Kanezawa
- Angela Yu ChienFei's Aunt
- Hon Yee-SangFei's Uncle
- Billy Lau Nam-KwongForeman
- Chu TauLiu's Man
Stills
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Themes
love trianglefriendsslice of lifejapanese occupationhong konglife during wartime1940sjapanese occupation of chinahuman spiritjapanese occupation of hong kong