Hong Kong 1941

Hong Kong 1941

100 mins | Action, War | Nov. 2, 1984

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.

Hong Kong 1941

100 mins | Action, War | Nov. 2, 1984

Hong Kong 1941
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Bo Ho Film Company Ltd., D & B Films Co. Ltd.
Original title 等待黎明
Directors Po-Chih Leong
Writers John Chan

Cast

Chow Yun-fat

as Yip Kim-Fay

Alex Man

as Wong Hak-Keung

Wu Ma

as Chairman Liu

Paul Chun

as Sergeant Wing

Cecilia Yip

as Ha Yuk-Nam

Ku Feng

as Shiu

Angela Yu Chien

as Fei's Aunt

Yee San Hon

as Fei's Uncle

Stuart Yung Sai-Kit

as General Kanezawa

Po-Chih Leong

as Emperor

Billy Lau

as Foreman

Sek Kin

as