Shadow of China

Name: Shadow of China
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-05-12
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: John Lone, Kôichi Satô, Sammi Davis

1989
PG-13
2h 11m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

171

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Sammi Davis and John Lone in Shadow of China (1989)

Drama

A Chinese political refugee tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. His past comes back to haunt him.A Chinese political refugee tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. His past comes back to haunt him.A Chinese political refugee tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. His past comes back to haunt him.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

171

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
First co-production between Japan and the USA entirely financed in Japan. English language directorial debut for Mitsuo Yanagimachi.

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The quest of one's own identity, and meaning of life.

The Director blends philosophy into his own movie. The quest is that what if he is of another race. It is not as superficial as what if I am an American or a Japanese. The exploration here is that Henry has made it all, and he searches for the meaning of life, and he finally goes back to where he comes from, and he is happy with all that. Everything is symbolic in this film. It touches on themes like absurdity of life, the French existentialism, ends with the Oriental ideas, that Henry finally gets a chance to know himself, and what treasure in the materialistic life is greater than knowing thy oneself. If you are searching for something deeper, this will certainly help you to find out more about yourself.