Screenplay - Wong Jing, Phillip Lui, Manfred Wong
Cast - Chow Yun-fat, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng, Huang Xiaoming
Country - Hong Kong [2012]
The last tycoon starts in 1913 China where two people choose to resume their budding love once ambition has been satiated. Daqi becomes embroiled in the underworld of Shanghai. Meanwhile Zhiqiu rises as an opera star in Beijing. The film follows a parallel narrative for the first half, chronicling the rise of Daqi through pivotal events & the present 1937 where Japan, Daqi's Shanghai and the Chinese army are at play. Here Zhiqiu is reintroduced into the capturing plot. Henceforth begins the Japanese invasion and occupation. With strong characters, an engaging narrative and a vengeful climax 'The Last Tycoon' is immensely entertaining.
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