The Battle Among the Clans

The Battle Among the Clans (大香港) is a Hong Kong clan drama series produced by TVB that took place from the mid-1940s to 1950s.

The Battle Among the Clans
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GenreClan drama
Written byChan Hing-ka
Tsang Kan-cheong
Sharon Au
Directed byYip Sing-hong
Poon Ka-tak
Ng Yat-fan
Wong Kin-fan
Law Chun-ngok
StarringChow Yun-fat
Sean Lau
Eddie Kwan
Mini Kung
David Lui
Kenneth Tsang
Kwan Hoi-san
Theme music composerJoseph Koo
Opening themeThe Search For Love (愛的尋覓) by Kitman Mak
Ending themeSpeak Out Your Love (說出你的愛) by Kitman Mak
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes30
Production
ProducerChiu Chun-keung
Production locationsHong Kong
Macau
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB Jade
Release27 May (1985-05-27)[1] –
5 July 1985 (1985-07-05)
The Battle Among the Clans
Traditional Chinese大香港
Simplified Chinese大香港
Literal meaning"The Great Hong Kong"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDà Xiāng Gǎng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingDaai6 Heong1 Gong2

Plot

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The story begins with the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong coming to an end in 1945 and the remaining Japanese dying or leaving the territory. The British colonial government have yet to fully resume its duties. Citizens themselves are flushing out the remaining traitors one by one. Soon, multiple societies of different legions were formed within the HK underground. Each one tries to control the city in a time of very weak and corrupt governance. Eventually the big clans merge, expand and betray one another. The two major rivals, one run by the Lok family head Lok Zung-hing (Chow Yun-fat), the other by Ng Yat-tin (Tai Chi-wai) would collide.

Production note

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Five years prior to the release of this series, the producer Chiu Chun-keung (招振強) collaborated with Chow-Yun-fat to release The Bund, a similarly themed story except in Shanghai instead of Hong Kong.

Cast

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Cast Role
Chow Yun-fat Lok Chung-hing (駱中興)
Sean Lau Lam Cho (林祖)
Eddie Kwan (關禮傑) Hong Kwan (康鈞)
Mini kung (龔慈恩) Shu Mei (舒薇)
David Lui (呂方) Wong Tai-kuen (王帝權)
Kenneth Tsang Luk Hoi (陸海)
Kwan Hoi-san Tsang Yung (曾翁)
Tai Chi-wai (戴志偉) Ng Yat-tin (吳日天)
Ko Miu-si (高妙思) Mang Ha (孟霞)
Michelle Sze-ma (司馬燕) Simone (曾善美)
Wong Wan-choi (黃允材) Hong ting-san (康定山)
Lau Miu-ling (劉妙玲) Man (阿雯)
Danny Poon (潘宏彬) Lok Chun-wah (駱振華)
Chan On-ying (陳安瑩) Lok Wan-chi (駱雲芝)
Benz Hui (許紹雄) Wah Piu (華彪)

References

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  1. ^ 163.com. "163.com." TVB四十年电视剧列表. Retrieved on 2010-05-08.

See also

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