12 Films & TV Shows Set In Hong Kong During The 1980s
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Spy Game
Jiangsu Province π©πͺ Germany ππ° Hong Kong π±π§ Lebanon π»π³ Vietnam The 1970s The 1980s The 1990sIt's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you. β On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protΓ©gΓ© has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
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Ordinary Heroes
ππ° Hong Kong The 1970s The 1980sOrdinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories.
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The Mirror
Shanghai ππ° Hong Kong πΉπΌ Taiwan πΈπ¬ Singapore The 1980s The 1990s The 1920s The 2000sThe grandson of a rich widow returns to Hong Kong with his girlfriend. They are charmed by an antique mirror at the grandmother's home. The mirror used to belonged to a famous courtesan in ...
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As Time Goes By
ππ° Hong Kong The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series "Personal Memoir of Hong Kong", is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China.
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Young and Dangerous
ππ° Hong Kong π²π΄ Macao The 1980s The 1990sNam opens a bar in Wanchai and continues his rise in Hong Kong's Hung Hing gang. His best friend, Chicken, needs to lie low, so he's sent to Taiwan to work for Lui, leader of the San Luen gang; there, he falls for the aging Lui's mistress, Ting Yiu. When Chicken returns to Hong Kong, he finds Nam in a struggle with long time rival, Fai Fat. Then, Lui shows up, demanding that Hung Hing sell him a half interest in their new Macau casino. When Chiang, the Hung Hing boss, wants to think about it, Lui threatens war, Chicken must choose sides, and Ting Yui sets up a meeting. Chicken's affections, Fai and Nam's rivalry, Lui's greed, and Ting's intentions are on a collision course.
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Requiem
ππ° Hong Kong The 1980sA waitress/dancer remembers her loving brother and their bittersweet childhood in Hong Kong.
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Long Arm of the Law III
π¨π³ China ππ° Hong Kong The 1980sMichal Mak's second sequel to his brother's action classic finds an ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner fleeing to Hong Kong and forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves.
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Life is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
π¨π³ China ππ° Hong Kong The 1980sA man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
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Bloodsport
ππ° Hong Kong The 1970s The 1980sThe true story of an American ninja. β U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent, Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?
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The Owl vs Bombo
ππ° Hong Kong The 1980sSammo (Bumbo) and George Lam (Owl) are partners in crime and they scam some triad big shot out of a load of money and decide to retire. Three years later they both receive letters from Stanley Fung, in which he informs them that he has proof of all their criminal activity and unless they do exactly what he saysβhe will turn it over to the cops. Fung is an ex-cop himself and is trying to get the goods on the same triad leader that Sammo and George scammed.
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Carry on Pickpocket
ππ° Hong Kong The 1980sPopular Hong Kong actor-filmmaker Sammo Hung directed himself in this amusing action-comedy in which he stars as Rice Pot, a highly skilled pickpocket who falls in love with a beautiful female police inspector. The inspector (Deanie Yip) decides that she will overlook Rice Pot's prodigious list of legal offenses if he steals a pouch from a gangster's courier (Peter Chan). Rice Pot's partner, Chimney (Frankie Chan), carries out the assignment, only to discover that the pouch contains a veritable trove of stolen diamonds. Before long, Rice Pot and Chimney are running for their lives from the mobsters, who are willing to kill to get the diamonds back.
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Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong
ππ° Hong Kong The 1980sWhen a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company, an ICAC investigator (Andy Lau) uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the companyβs founder, Ching Yat-yin (Tony Leung) and becomes entangled in a long-running investigation.