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Star of Hong Kong
Star of Hong Kong
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Star of Hong Kong

Original Title: 香港の星

1962
1h 49m
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1962

Runtime

1h 49m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru. The two meet again and fall in love in Hokkaido when Wang and her best friend Sugimoto Kanako are going on a holiday. Urged by her friend Zhang Yingming to concentrate on her studies, Wang remains ambivalent about the relationship, and is even more upset to realise that Sugimoto is in love with her fellow countryman. Feigning an engagement with Zhang, Wang initiates a break-up with Hasegawa and finds work in Singapore after graduation. Hasegawa learns the real cause of the break-up from Sugimoto in Hong Kong. A frenzy search finally leads to a reunion and a proposal in Kuala Lumpur. However, their love is doomed by a twist of fate as Wang must leave to see her desperately ill father in Hong Kong while Hasegawa has to leave for America to pursue his career.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 49m
Jul 14, 1962
Languages
Mandarin
English
Japanese
Director
Yasuki Chiba
Yasuki Chiba
Production
TOHO
TOHO
Motion Picture & General Investment Co., Ltd.
Motion Picture & General Investment Co., Ltd.
Production Countries
Japan
Official Website

Top Cast

26 Cast Members

Lucilla Yu Ming

Lucilla Yu Ming

Wang Xinglian

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Hasegawa Toru

Yin Wang

Yin Wang

Wang Chun-po

Reiko Dan

Reiko Dan

Sugimoto Kanako

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue

Boss Sanae

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

HK office manager

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Gentaro Sugimoto

Jimmy Lin Chong

Jimmy Lin Chong

Zhang Yingming

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

Hasegawa's colleague

Ma Lik

Ma Lik

Ma Hsiao-Nung

Ma Hsiao-Nung

Asami Kuji

Miss Nakano

Machiko Naka

Machiko Naka

Salesgirl of tailor's shop

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Sugimoto Natsuko

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Honda (HK Branch staff)

Hiroshi Sekita

Machida (Tokyo Branch staff)

Haruko Tōgō

Haruko Tōgō

Toru's sister

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Dr. Matsumoto

Yuko Shibaki

Woman waiting at bar

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