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Hong Kong 1941 is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Po-Chih Leong with Chow Yun-fat
Hong Kong 1941 (1984)
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Add to a movie listHong Kong 1941 (Chinese: 等待黎明) is a 1984 Hong Kong war drama film, directed by Po-Chih Leong and written by Sammo Hung, and starring Chow Yun-fat, Cecilia Yip and Alex Man. For his performance in this film, Chow was awarded his first Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.
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The film takes places shortly before and during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. The story of three young friends focuses on their sufferings as Hong Kong falls under oppressive occupation.Actors
Chow Yun-fat
(Yip Kim-Fay)
Cecilia Yip
(Ha Yuk-Nam)
Kien Shih
(Ha Chung-sun, le père de Nam)
Paul Chun
(Sergeant Wing)
Ku Feng
(Shui/Shiu)
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