Overview

Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.

Cast

Akira Takarada, Lucilla Yu Ming, Yōko Tsukasa, Mitsuko Kusabue, Rumiko Sasa, Michiyo Kogure, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ken Uehara

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What is "A Night in Hong Kong" about?

Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.

When was "A Night in Hong Kong" released?

A Night in Hong Kong was released in 1961.

Who stars in "A Night in Hong Kong"?

The cast includes Akira Takarada, Lucilla Yu Ming, Yōko Tsukasa, Mitsuko Kusabue.