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Shanghai Beach

Original title: Shang Hai tan
  • TV Series
  • 1980–
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
354
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Chow Yun-Fat in Shanghai Beach (1980)
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Just before the WWII, at the verge of Japanese general invasion to China, XU Wenqiang, a disenchanted college graduate, went to Shanghai and met DING Li, a simple street merchant. The two so... Read allJust before the WWII, at the verge of Japanese general invasion to China, XU Wenqiang, a disenchanted college graduate, went to Shanghai and met DING Li, a simple street merchant. The two soon found themselves involved in gang fights involuntarily. By chance XU saved the daughter... Read allJust before the WWII, at the verge of Japanese general invasion to China, XU Wenqiang, a disenchanted college graduate, went to Shanghai and met DING Li, a simple street merchant. The two soon found themselves involved in gang fights involuntarily. By chance XU saved the daughter of gang boss FENG Jingyao, and obtained both the love from the daughter and the admiratio... Read all

  • Stars
    • Angie Chiu
    • Ray Lui
    • Dan Lau
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    354
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Angie Chiu
      • Ray Lui
      • Dan Lau
    • 5User reviews
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    Angie Chiu
    Angie Chiu
    • Fung Ching-ching
    • 1980
    Ray Lui
    Ray Lui
    • Ding Lik
    • 1980
    Dan Lau
    Dan Lau
    • Fung King-yao
    • 1980
    Chow Yun-Fat
    Chow Yun-Fat
    • Hui Man-keung
    • 1980
    Meg Lam
    Meg Lam
    • Fong Yim-wan
    • 1980
    Kent Tong
    Kent Tong
    • Chan Hon-lam
    • 1980
    Kai-Chi Liu
    Kai-Chi Liu
    • Cheung-gwai
    • 1980
    Auyeung Pui-San
    Auyeung Pui-San
    • Kyoko Yamaguchi
    • 1980
    Lap Ban Chan
    Lap Ban Chan
    • Ding Lik's Mother
    • 1980
    Man-Ching Chong
    • Wang Yue-kei
    • 1980
    Doi-yum King
    • So Wang-tai
    • 1980
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    10grufnik

    An awesome and gripping series

    I remember when this series first came to America on video tape (which was the *new* format), and staying up all night watching each chapter. Perhaps one of the best series I have ever seen in my life, and this was before Hong Kong studios were able to produce slick movies like they do today. For me this was *the* classic epic mini-series; two friends growing up growing apart, life in the mob and the changing times around them.

    Would love to see this again, but I have never found this on any format. Heck, I would love to own this on DVD!!!
    10ywliu_1999

    It was the best TV-series I'd even seen when I was a teenage.

    It is a fiction story. Yun Fat Chow plays a college graduate who came to Shanghai. He is so smart, brave. He loves his family and friends. He fights for his idea. However, the ending is a moving tragedy. If all audiences strongly hope a person not to die, I think he is greatly successful. In the TV-series Chew is such a person.

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    • Release date
      • March 10, 1980 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Bến Thượng Hải
    • Production company
      • Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)
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    • Runtime
      • 45m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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