The Last Tycoon
Da Shang Hai
2012, Film, 107 min, Action, Adventure, Crime, Chinese, Hong Kong SAR China, MoviePedia score 65
Loyalty At All Costs
Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison Cheng quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when Cheng finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?
Directed by Jing Wong
Cast
- Yun-Fat Chow as Cheng Daiqi
- Xiaoming Huang as Cheng Da Qi (young)
- Sammo Kam-Bo Hung as Hong Shou Ting
- Francis Ng as Máo Zài
- Quan Yuan as Ye Zhiqiu
- Li Yuan as Ling Husheng
- Monica Siu-Kei Mok as Bao
- Zhihua Doha as Master Ye
- Yiheng Du as Mao's subordinate
- Wenjuan Feng as Young Ye Zhiqiu
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