Hong Kong 1941 (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, ... See full summary »

Director:

Po-Chih Leong

Writer:

Koon-Chung Chan

Stars:

Yun-Fat Chow, Cecilia Yip, Alex Man

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yun-Fat Chow	...	Yip Kim Fay (as Chow Yun Fat)
Cecilia Yip	...	Han Yuk Nam
Alex Man	...	Wong Hak Keung
Kien Shih	...	Chung Shin
Wu Ma	...	Chairman Liu Yan-Mau
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angela Yu Chien
Paul Chun	...	Sergeant Fa Wing
Feng Ku	...	Shui
Billy Lau	...	Factory Foreman
Yun-Chiang Peng
Sai-Kit Yung	...	General Kanezawa

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

hong kong | escape | invasion | japanese | rice | 

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Genres:

Action | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

User Reviews

top rate production values but lacking in story line

I must have missed something when I watched this one because despite having some excellent poetic and dramatic moments, there weren't enough to put it over the top.

Hong Kong filmmakers have thankfully put the run run shaw cookie cutter chop sockie days behind them and this was one of the 1st full breaks from that gender. the growing pains show however, just something lacking. there weren't very many Japanese either despite the title.

I've been to Hong Kong twice and there are places you can *still* see the pockmarks from where the bullets hit in the December 1941 invasion. the same month as pearl harbour bombing so the Japanese were being very aggressive. thats what I expected instead it was just a backdrop to a romance drama. I wish they would spell it out on the DVD box !!!

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English Japanese

Release Date:

2 November 1984 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Waiting for Dawn

Company Credits

Production Co:

D & B Productions, Bo Ho Film Company Ltd.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1