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The Last Tycoon (2012)
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Original name: 大上海
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of police (Sammo Hung) and must leave the life he knows and QIU (Monica Mok), the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison CHENG quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when CHENG finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, retro, heroic, crime drama, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, rivalry, gangster, betrayal, dishonesty, heroic bloodshed, love triangle, danger, triad, fight club, gang, criminal heroes, violent content, love, mixed martial arts, bloodbath, medieval, mafia, graphic violence, crime, crimes, track down
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 90s, 30s, 20s
Place:
china, shanghai, asia
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Action, Crime
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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