Shanghai Bund

Shanghai Bund 2006

Details

• Title: 新上海滩 / Xin Shang Hai Tan
• Also known as: Shanghai Beach / The New Shanghai Bund
• Genre:Action/Romance
• Episodes: 42
• Broadcoast network: JSTV
• Broadcoast year: 2007 Jan 20
• Opening theme song: 上海灘 / Shang Hai Tan sung by Frances Yip
• Ending theme song: 就算没有明天 by Huang Xiao Ming and Sun Li

Synopsis

It's year 1930. Xu WenQiang was expelled from his university when he was captured by the police during a protest. That was the last time he saw his love from university, XiaoYun. After he got out of prison, he went to ShangHai. he quickly got in touch with XiaoYun again. But soon he found out that she had changed. She was now the woman of ShangHai's mob boss, Mr.Feng Jing Yao, who was the most powerful man in ShangHai. After WenQian got off the train to ShangHai he unexpectedly saved a pretty lady, Feng ChengCheng. At that time, he didn't know that he would later fall in love with her. ChengCheng was the daughter of Mr.Feng. Mr. Feng helped WenQiang and his new friend (best mate) DingLi become powerful men in Shanghai Bund. WenQiang was always reluctant to do his duty under Mr. Feng's orders, for he was extremely principled and righteous. Finally, when WenQiang found out that Mr.Feng is helping the japanese to smuggle drugs into china, he turned against Mr. Feng. The Japanese as a result wanted to kill WenQiang, because he was danger to them. They waited for him at XiaoYun's house. He didn't die that day, But lost XiaoYun when she shielded him from a bullet. He killed one of the leaders, who killed XiaoYun then destroyed all of the drugs. So Mr. Feng and the japanese send more assasins to kill WenQiang. But that was also the time that WenQiang was supposed to marry ChengCheng. He let ChengCheng choose between him and her father and when he heard that ChengCheng had chosen her father for his own protection, he fled to HongKong and started a new life there. He married a woman and almost had a child, but Mr.Feng found out about it and send assasins to kill WenQiang and his family. His family died and WenQiang went back to ShangHai to seek revenge......

Cast

• Huang Xiao Ming as 许文强 Xu WenQiang
• Sun Li as 冯程程 Feng ChengCheng
• Li Xue jian (李雪健) as 冯敬尧
• Huang Hai Bo (黄海波) as 丁力
• Chen Shu as 方艳芸

Production credits

• Director: Gao Xi Xi
• Producer:
• Screenwriter:
• Setting: Shanghai, China

Notes

This serie is a remake from the original serie The Bund/上海滩 (1980), starring Chow Yun Fat as Hui Man Keung (Xu wenQiang) , Angie Chiu Ngor Chi as Fung Ching Ching (Feng ChengCheng) and Ray Lui Leung Wai as Ting Lik (DingLi). The original was cantonese.

External Links

• Official sina Site