Shadow of China
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Directed byMitsuo Yanagimachi
Screenplay byRichard Maxwell
Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Based onSnake Head
by Masaaki Nishiki
by Masaaki Nishiki
Produced byDon Guest
Elliott Lewitt
Elliott Lewitt
| Shadow of China | |
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| Directed by | Mitsuo Yanagimachi |
| Screenplay by | Richard Maxwell Mitsuo Yanagimachi |
| Based on | Snake Head by Masaaki Nishiki |
| Produced by | Don Guest Elliott Lewitt |
| Starring | John Lone Sammi Davis Vivian Wu |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Edited by | Sachiko Yamaji |
| Music by | Yasuaki Shimizu |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Countries | United States Japan |
| Language | English |
Shadow of China is a 1989 drama film directed and co-written by Mitsuo Yanagimachi and starring John Lone, Sammi Davis and Vivian Wu.[1][2] It is based on the novel Snake Head by Masaaki Nishiki.[3] It was the first Japanese-American co-production financed entirely in Japan, and the first English-language film by director Yanagimachi.
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.