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Shanghai Blues
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Title: Shanghai Blues

Release Date: 11 Oct 1984

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Film Workshop

Production Companies: Film Workshop

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (19 votes)

Cast

  • Tung Kwok-Man: Kenny Bee
  • Shu-Shu: Sylvia Chang
  • Stool: Sally Yeh
  • King Clown: Tin Ching
  • Stutterer: Loletta Lee Lai-Chun
  • Gangster: Shing Fui-On
  • Gangster: Manfred Wong Man-Chun
  • Bald Rich Man Being Kissed: Fung Ging-Man
  • Nightclub Manager: Woo Fung
  • Big Boss: Kong Lung
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