Hong Kong 1941
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Even before starring in the John Woo movie A Better Tomorrow, Chow Yun Fat has already demonstrated an unparalleled charisma in Hong Kong 1941 which won him the Best Actor awards at both Taiwan's Golden Horse and the Asian Pacific Film Festival in 1985. The film also captured the Best Cinematography award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. A film directed by Leong Poh Chi with believable characters, Hong Kong 1941 examines human nature and survival during wartime, apart from merely offering engaging storytelling.
Chow Yun Fat is Fay, a Peking opera actor who wants to get smuggled into the States. He gets stuck in Hong Kong and worked as a part-time coolie for a rice distributor, where he knows Keung (Alex Man) and his fiancee Nam (Cecilia Yip), and the three gradually develop a subtle love triangle. In December 1941, Hong Kong falls into the hands of the Japanese army, and Fay joins the Japanese army as a Chinese recruit. Losing his honor and his friends' trust as an "e;enemy collaborator"e;, Fay secretly helps his people to escape from Japanese army – after all acting was once his profession.
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