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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-01-01
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Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
The protagonists are mainly Huirong, Zhaobai, and Jikan, who have studied business management in the USA and have returned to their hometown, Shanghai. Huirong and Zhaobai are engaged, and although three of them are close friends, problems arise when they find out that their opinions clash on the matter of what the objective for building a new China should be and what direction it should take.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
China
ProductionCompanies:
Shanghai Film Studio
Movie: Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
Top 9 Billed Cast
袁泉
Wang Yanan
Liu Qiong
Zhaoan Dai
陳鴻梅
Gu Wei
Wei Guochun
Qi Feng
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The protagonists are mainly Huirong, Zhaobai, and Jikan, who have studied business management in the USA and have returned to their hometown, Shanghai. Huirong and Zhaobai are engaged, and although three of them are close friends, problems arise when they find out that their opinions clash on the matter of what the objective for building a new China should be and what direction it should take.
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1998-01-01
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