The Last Tycoon

Dec 22, 2012

1h 58m

★ 6.4

Loyalty At All Costs

Overview

Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison Cheng quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when Cheng finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Enlight Pictures

Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP)

Basic Pictures

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Cast

Cheng Daqi

Chow Yun-Fat

Cheng Daqi (young)

Huang Xiaoming

Hong Shouting

Sammo Hung

Máo Zài

Francis Ng Chun-Yu

Ye Zhiqiu

Yuan Quan

Ling Husheng

Yuan Li

Bao

Monica Mok Siu-Kei

younger Bao

Kimmy Tong Fei

Lin Huai

Gao Hu

Cheng Zhaimei

Xin Baiqing

Ye Zhiqiu (young)

Joyce Feng

Jiang Luxia

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