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A Night in Hong Kong (1961)

Original title: 香港の夜

1961-07-01 · 1h 59m · ZH
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Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.

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Toshiro IdeWriterYasuki ChibaDirector

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Akira TakaradaAkira TakaradaHiroshi TanakaLucilla Yu MingLucilla Yu MingWu Li HungYōko TsukasaYōko TsukasaKeiko KimuraMitsuko KusabueMitsuko KusabueYu LanRumiko SasaRumiko SasaKiyoko MatsuyamaMichiyo KogureMichiyo KogureYoshiko MatsuyamaHiroshi KoizumiHiroshi KoizumiKen UeharaKen UeharaRyuzo KimuraYū FujikiYū FujikiShozo IshikawaDaisuke KatōDaisuke KatōKenkichi MatsuyamaMa LiMa LiWang Ji-ZhouKing Pai-ChienKing Pai-Chien

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Genre affinityRomanceMood preferenceRomanceEmotional intensityRomanceDirector preference696304Actor preference350065 · 75296 · 360058Country preferenceJp

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What is A Night in Hong Kong about?

Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.

How long is A Night in Hong Kong?

A Night in Hong Kong has a runtime of 119 minutes.