The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.










7th November 1986
39 years ago
2 hours 7 minutes
Finishes at 6:51pm
$25,000,000 ($74,395,000 today)
Revenue unknown



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