Shanghai Grand
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Shanghai Grand, also known as Shanghai Grand 1996 to differentiate this film from the more illustrious television series of the same Chinese title, The Bund , is a 1996 Hong Kong film directed by Poon Man-kit and starring Andy Lau
, Leslie Cheung
and Ning Jing
.
This film was directed by Poon Man-kit and produced by Tsui Hark
and his production company Film Workshop
. It is a loose adaptation of the television series in many respects although it was done by narrating the action in three segments each featuring the main characters of the film. Leslie Cheung was cast as the protagonist Hui Man-keung while Andy Lau
was cast as the other protagonist and his close friend Ting Lik, a well-meaning but somewhat naive triad leader who was not amused when Hui fell in love with the same girl as the one of his affections. Ning Jing
played their love interest Fung Ching-ching.
The story was set in about the same time as the era when Shanghai
was ruled by triads shortly before the occupation by Japanese troops in World War II.
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
, Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , nicknamed elder brother , was a film actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop", and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by China Central...
and Ning Jing
Ning Jing
-Filmography:-External links:***...
.
This film was directed by Poon Man-kit and produced by Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:...
and his production company Film Workshop
Film Workshop
Film Workshop Co. Ltd. , is a Hong Kong production company and film distributor. It was founded in April 1984 by producer/director Tsui Hark and his wife, Nansun Shi...
. It is a loose adaptation of the television series in many respects although it was done by narrating the action in three segments each featuring the main characters of the film. Leslie Cheung was cast as the protagonist Hui Man-keung while Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
was cast as the other protagonist and his close friend Ting Lik, a well-meaning but somewhat naive triad leader who was not amused when Hui fell in love with the same girl as the one of his affections. Ning Jing
Ning Jing
-Filmography:-External links:***...
played their love interest Fung Ching-ching.
The story was set in about the same time as the era when Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
was ruled by triads shortly before the occupation by Japanese troops in World War II.
Cast
- Andy LauAndy LauAndy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
as Ting Lik - Leslie CheungLeslie CheungLeslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , nicknamed elder brother , was a film actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop", and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by China Central...
as Hui Man-keung - Ning JingNing Jing-Filmography:-External links:***...
as Fung Ching-ching - Jung Woo-sungJung Woo-sung- Career :Jung Woo-sung was born in Seoul on March 20, 1973. After first finding work as a model, he made his film debut in the 1994 movie The Fox with Nine Tails, together with Ko So-young...
as Ryu So Hwang - Lau Shun as Uncle Lau
- Wu Hsing-kuoWu Hsing-kuoWu Hsing-kuo is a Taiwanese actor of the silver screen and theater, known for both his performance of complex movie roles as much as for his innovative adaptations of Western classics into traditional Peking Opera....
as Fung King-yiu - Amanda Lee as Lai-man
See also
- The Bund (TV series)The Bund (TV series)The Bund is a Hong Kong period drama television series first broadcast on TVB in 1980. The series spawned several sequels, remakes and film adaptations...
- The Bund IIThe Bund IIThe Bund II is a Hong Kong period drama television series broadcast on TVB in 1980. The series was a direct sequel to The Bund, produced and released earlier in the same year, and was followed by The Bund III later that year.-Plot:...
- The Bund IIIThe Bund IIIThe Bund III is a Hong Kong period drama television series broadcast on TVB in 1980. The series is a direct sequel to The Bund and The Bund II, both released earlier in the same year.-Plot:...
- Once Upon a Time in ShanghaiOnce Upon a Time in ShanghaiOnce Upon a Time in Shanghai, also known as New Bund, is a remake of the 1980 Hong Kong period drama television series The Bund. It was first aired on TVB in Hong Kong in 1996. The series starred Sunny Chan, Gordon Lam and Nadia Chan as the original characters Hui Man-keung, Ting Lik and Fung...
External links
- Shanghai Grand on Hong Kong CinemagicHong Kong CinemagicHong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people that created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people,...