Shadow of China
Shadow of China is a 1989 drama film directed and co-written by Mitsuo Yanagimachi and starring John Lone, Sammi Davis and Vivian Wu. It is based on the novel Snake Head by Masaaki Nishiki. It was the first Japanese-American co-production financed entirely in Japan, and the first English-language film by director Yanagimachi.
Plot summary
A Chinese political refugee tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong, while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. His past comes back to haunt him.Cast
- John Lone as Henry
- Kōichi Satō as Akira
- Sammi Davis as Katharine
- Vivian Wu as Moo-Ling
- Roland Harrah III as Xiao Niu
- Roy Chiao as Lee Hok Chow
- Constantine Gregory as Jameson
- Colin George as Burke
- Kenneth Tsang as Mr. Lau
- Dennis Chan as Mr. Wu
- Fredric Mao as Chi Fung
- Simon Yam as Po Kok
- Junko Takazawa as Phantom Mother
- Justina Vail as Caroline
- Sam Neill as John Dermot