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The Greed of Man(1992)
81%
12 Votes
Overview
Told in reverse chronological order, the story starts in the present (June 7, 1994), when the stock market rebounded after the market became volatile and crashed for the weekend. After the stock market stopped trading for the weekend, the Ting's make the wrong bet and their entire fortune is wiped out, compounded by ending up in billions of dollars in debt. Ting Hai forces his sons to commit suicide by jumping off from the top of the stock exchange building before following after them.
Type: Scripted
Status: Ended
Languages: Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
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Top 10 Billed Cast
劉青雲
方新侠
鄭少秋
丁野
郭藹明
张强
黃智賢
秦滔天
陳煒
程希文
徐静蕾
阮少梅/少菊
陳啟泰
欧阳玮伦
Anders Nelsson
赛斯
Belinda Hamnett
郑妙妙
田蕊妮
祈少军
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