Shanghai Blues

Oct 11, 1984

1h 43m

★ 7.0

Overview

In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba-player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it they end up living in the same building unbeknownst to each other. Through a series of mishaps, he mistakes her new ingénue roommate for his love interest and wacky love triangle hijinks ensue.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Film Workshop

Shanghai Blues Trailers

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

Yue Ga-Hei

Chow Siu-sin

Helen Ma Hoi-Lun

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