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1941 Hong Kong on Fire

1941 Hong Kong on Fire

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 29, 1994

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

10%

Original Title

香港淪陷

Production Companies

The Young Filmmakers Ltd.

Director

Cash Chin Man-Kei

Description

A family suffers at the hands of the Japanese during the occupation of Hong Kong. On December 25, 1941, the Japanese army occupied Hong Kong. The pawnshop owner, Luo Kai has three daughters, the eldest daughter Wangdi, the second daughter Xindi, and the youngest daughter Aidi. When the Japanese army captured Kowloon, Aidi was violently tortured by the Japanese army and suffered a mental disorder. Xindi followed his lover Shen Fang to rescue the wounded in the temporary hospital. In order to curry favor with the Japanese army, Luo Kai did not hesitate to sacrifice his eldest daughter Wangdi. However, not long after he became a traitor, his second daughter Xindi was attracted by a Japanese military officer. Luo Kai finally couldn't bear to fight against Wangdi to stop him. In the chaos...