Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, 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?
Cast
Chow Yun-Fat
Cheng Daqi
Huang Xiaoming
Cheng Daqi (young)
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Hong Shouting
Francis Ng Chun-Yu
Máo Zài
Yuan Quan
Ye Zhiqiu
Yuan Li
Ling Husheng
Monica Mok Siu-Kei
Bao
Kimmy Tong Fei
younger Bao
Gao Hu
Lin Huai
Xin Baiqing
Cheng Zhaimei
Joyce Feng
Ye Zhiqiu (young)
Jiang Luxia
Unknown
Zhang Songwen
Unknown
Kunjue Li
Unknown
Du Yiheng
Unknown
Zheng Yitong
Lu Lanchun
Qi Ji
Unknown
Jiang Haomin
Unknown
Shi Yaozhong
Unknown
Wei Wang
Unknown
Gao Tian
Unknown
Grace Hu
Unknown
Han Zhi
Unknown
Yasuaki Kurata
Unknown
Crew
Wong Jing
Director, Writer
Lui Koon-Nam
Writer
Manfred Wong Man-Chun
Writer
Azrael Chung
Editor
Yang Zhenyu
Director of Photography
Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Director of Photography, Producer
Jason Kwan
Director of Photography
Connie Wong Nga-Lam
Producer
Yu-Peng Chen
Original Music Composer
Comfort Chan
Original Music Composer
Lee Tat-Chiu
Choreographer
Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau
Theme Song Performance
Kenneth Yee
Art Direction
