Hong Kong 1941

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Hong Kong 1941 ★★½ 1984

Yip Kim Fay (Yun-Fat) arrives in Hong Kong on the eve of war in 1941 and befriends peasant Wong Hak Keung (Man). Fay and Keung plan to leave Hong Kong with Keung's girlfriend, Ah Nam (Yip), but fall victim to the Japanese invasion. An early role for Yun-Fat, who's the romantic hero here rather than the action star he later became. Chinese with subtitles. 118m/C VHS, DVD . HK Cecilia Yip, Alex Man, Chow Yun-Fat; D: PoChih Leung; W: Koon-Chung Chan.