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Shanghai Blues(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-10-11
72%
24 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
Overview:
In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don't know each other's name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes in a naive girl fresh from the country. The country girl falls in love with the would-be song-writer upstairs who, unbeknownst to the singer, is none other than the soldier from the bridge.
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, French.
Countries:
Hong Kong
ProductionCompanies:
Film Workshop
Movie: Shanghai Blues
Top 10 Billed Cast
鍾鎮濤
Tung Kwok-Man
張艾嘉
Shu-Shu
Sally Yeh
Stool
Tin Ching
King Clown
李麗珍
Stutterer
成奎安
Gangster
文雋
Gangster
馮敬文
Bald Rich Man Being Kissed
胡楓
Nightclub Manager
Kong Lung
Big Boss
Video Trailer Shanghai Blues
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