Tai-Pan
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.
Released: 1986
Casts:
Richard Foo, Robert Easton, Chen Shu, Barbara Keogh, Bert Remsen, Patty Toy, Nicholas Gecks, Glen Murphy, Pat Gorman, Joycelyne Lew, Billy Horrigan, Carol Gillies, Janine Turner, Denise Kellogg, Norman Rodway, Phil Chatterton Tongplaw, Bill Leadbitter, Tim Guinee, Lisa Lu, John Bennett, Katy Behean, Dickey Beer, Rob Spendlove, Chuang Cheng, Bryan Brown, Mason Cardiff, John Stanton, Joan Chen, Vic Armstrong, Derrick Branche, Chen Kuan-Tai, Patrick Ryecart, Bronco McLoughlin, Jie Zhang, Russell Wong, Kyra Sedgwick, Rosemarie Dunham, Michael C. Gwynne