Director:
Christina YaoCámara:
Anthony PunMúsica:
Cong SuReparto:
Aaron Kwok, Lei Hao, Jennifer Tilly, John Paisley, Tao Guo, Tielin Zhang, Niu Tien, Tongjiang Hou, Yixiao Li, Zhong Lu, Jonathan Kos-Read, Pengfei QinSinopsis(1)
Director Christina Yao's opulent feature film is a dynastic saga; it is also a passionate love story and a moral tale, based on historical events. The story of the Kangs, a family of bankers, and their banking empire on China's 'Wall Street' spans a period from the Boxer Uprising to the Chinese Revolution and the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.
The film begins in 1899. A carefree, hedonistic young man is next in line to inherit a banking empire which has hitherto meant very little to him. However, following a tragic abduction, of which his sister-in-law was the victim, this 'third man' reluctantly bows to his authoritative father's iron will.
Keen to prepare his offspring for the time when he will take over his financial conglomerate, this powerful banker, Kang, is determined to turn his son into as ruthless a businessman as himself. However, his idealistic son has always called into question his father's high-handed style of leadership and hard-nosed business principles. The tense relationship between the two men is put under additional strain on account of Kang junior's undying love for his beautiful young step-mother. She was the first and only love of his life – before his father stole her from him. It is time for him to decide whether he will take the path his father trod before him or whether he will make his own way in life ...
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