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Shanghai Blues is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Tsui Hark released in france in DVD on 2 december 2005 with Sylvia Chang
Shanghai Blues (1984)
Shànghǎi zhī yè
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Add to a movie listRelease in DVD in france 2 december 2005
Length 1h43
Directed by Tsui Hark
OriginHong kong
Themes Political films
Rating70%
Shanghai Blues (Chinese:上海之夜) is a Hong Kong film directed by Tsui Hark, which had its premiere on September 1984. Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang and Sally Yeh starred in this film. The music is composed by Wong Jim. The film has been selected as one of the Top 10 Chinese films of 1984 at Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Synopsis
Dung Gwok-man and Aak-suk are both clowns of a night club, after the breaking out of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Gwok-man is inspired by patriotism thought, and prepared for joining the army. The Japanese battleplanes are bombing Shanghai, Gwok-man meet with a young girl named Aak-syu and they agree that they would meet at Suzhou Bridge after the war. Ten years pass, and Gwok-man returns to Shanghai to look for Aak-syu, but only meets several vagrant veterans.Actors
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