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Shanghai 1920

Original title: Shang Hai yi jiu er ling
  • 1991
  • 2h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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John Lone in Shanghai 1920 (1991)
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Billy Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawso... Read allBilly Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership a... Read allBilly Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership among the cities gangster underground.

  • Director
    • Po-Chih Leong
  • Writers
    • Timothy R. Long
    • Michael Laughlin
  • Stars
    • John Lone
    • Adrian Pasdar
    • Fennie Yuen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    97
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Po-Chih Leong
    • Writers
      • Timothy R. Long
      • Michael Laughlin
    • Stars
      • John Lone
      • Adrian Pasdar
      • Fennie Yuen
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    John Lone
    John Lone
    • Billy Fong
    • (as Zun Long)
    Adrian Pasdar
    Adrian Pasdar
    • Dawson Cole
    Fennie Yuen
    Fennie Yuen
    • Mei
    Eric Michael Zee
    • Francis
    Loletta Lee
    Loletta Lee
    • Mabel
    Keone Young
    Keone Young
    • Ming
    Gregory Wong
    • Young Billy (Juvenile)
    • (as Chung-Yiu Wong)
    Jack Hare
    • Dawson's Father
    Siu-Ming Lau
    Siu-Ming Lau
    • Pao
    Aaren Armstrong
    Mel Cannon
    • Carjacked Man
    Zhiliang Chen
    Michel Clavelin
    Billy Corben
    Billy Corben
      Runsheng Fu
      Roy Horan
      Weiguo Jiang
      Xireng Jiang
      • Director
        • Po-Chih Leong
      • Writers
        • Timothy R. Long
        • Michael Laughlin
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      9ataniell93

      Loved it...

      This is a great historical piece and if you like historical HK/Chinese movies you will probably like it, but if you are an Adrian Pasdar fan-girl or a slash/BL fan, you will DEFINITELY like it. I don't know if this movie was intended to be as homo-erotic as it is, but the friendship between the men in this movie is treated almost as a romance, whereas their relationships with the women in their lives seem either not to be very serious or to be a matter of status rather than an emotional tie.

      Even if you can only find the Mandarin dubbed version, which is currently the most common one available, Pasdar does a great job with his part--he and John Lone are both invariably awesome. They're beautiful men, we get to see a lot of them, and their relationship, however you see it, is the most important thing in their lives.

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      • Release date
        • December 19, 1991 (Hong Kong)
      • Countries of origin
        • Hong Kong
        • China
      • Languages
        • English
        • Mandarin
        • Cantonese
      • Also known as
        • 上海1920
      • Production companies
        • Fu Ngai Film Production Ltd.
        • China Film Co-Production Corporation
        • Shanghai Film Studio
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 17 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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