Summary
Billy Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership among the cities gangster underground.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 51GoodWatch 49
IMDb6.2
Audience score40%
Running time
2 h 17 min
Longer than most dramas, +28 min on the typical 109
typical 109137Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1991
December 19, 1991
35 years ago
Genres
DramaCrimeLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Also spoken
cnEnglishMade in
Hong Kong SAR China
Directing · 3
- Leong Po-Chih Director
- Chris Lee Kin-Sang Action Director
- Lee Kwok-Man Action Director
Writing · 2
- Michael Laughlin Screenplay
- Timothy R. Long Screenplay
Production · 1
- Jim Choi Ji-Ming Producer
Camera · 2
- Joe Chan Kwong-Hung Director of Photography
- Walter Gregg Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Bill Parker Editor
Sound · 1
- Kitaro Original Music Composer
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