Hong Kong 1941
等待黎明
CINEMA1984-11-02
RegionHK
Runtime100 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“An early major role showing Chow's dramatic range through a wartime story.”
Storyline
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
DIRECTOR / Director
梁普智
KEYWORDS
love trianglefriendsslice of lifejapanese occupationhong konglife during wartime1940sjapanese occupation of chinahuman spiritjapanese occupation of hong kong
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