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Tai-Pan (1986)
Directed by Daryl Duke
“Smuggler. Prince. Murderer. Father. Sinner. Saint.”
Adventure, Drama, History · 2h 07m
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.
Cast
Bryan Brown
Kyra Sedgwick
Katy Behean
John Stanton
Janine Turner
Russell Wong
Joan Chen
Tim Guinee
Norman Rodway
John Bennett
Derrick Branche
Crew
- Director
- Daryl Duke
- Screenplay
- Stanley Mann, John Briley
- Novel
- James Clavell
- Director of Photography
- Jack Cardiff
- Original Music Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Editor
- Antony Gibbs
- Producer
- Raffaella De Laurentiis
Details
- Release date
- 1986-11-07
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- DEG
- Budget
- $25,000,000