Hong Kong 1941

aka: Dang doi lai ming
Hong Kong 1983, 96 minutes
Dir. Po-Chi Leong
In English, Cantonese with English subtitles
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure, Drama / Romance, War

Topics: Period 1940s.

Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Alex Man, Kien Shih, Cecilia Yip

Aroview: One of Chow Yun-Fat's early classics, this portrays the disturbing invasion of Hong Kong by the Japanese in 1941, which disrupts the dreams and plans of three friends - an unemployed actor, gangster and a sick girl. Crafting a semi-romantic narrative which uses the sickening activities of the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators as a dark backdrop, this is cunningly effective as a war melodrama, and certainly worth a look.

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2 stars (Good Try) There are some good visuals but the story of Hong Kong during this period deserves to be told through documentary rather than drama. ~Tubbs