"Waiting for the Dawn" Chow Yun Fat Wan Zi Liang Ye Tong's classic interpretation of the story of the fall of Hong Kong in 41 years "Waiting for the Dawn" was released in 1984, directed by Leung Pu-chi. Producer Hong Jinbao. Starring Zhou Runfa, Ye Tong, Wan Ziliang, etc. The film begins on the eve of the outbreak of the Japanese Pacific War in 1941. end

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "Waiting for Dawn" was released in 1984 by Leung Pu-chi. Producer Hong Jinbao. Starring Zhou Runfa, Ye Tong, Wan Ziliang, etc. </h1>

Not many friends have seen this film. I also saw this film recently.

Although it is not very famous, the quality of the film is very high.

The strength of the three main actors is beyond doubt. The youngest was Ye Tong, 21 years old, Wan Ziliang 27 years old, and Zhou Runfa 29 years old.

In today's TV series, the lead actor of this age in the movie is basically difficult to control this kind of era of the plot.

It is not that the acting skills of the current younger generation are belittled, but there is really nothing to say.

There are not many films that portray Hong Kong as it fell to Japan in 1941.

The film takes three young people meeting and falling in love as the main line, telling the story of social chaos, the suffering of the people, the enslavement education and massacre of the people by the Japanese army in the more than 3 years after the fall of Hong Kong.

This period of darkness, which was diluted by the British government in history education, is not known to many young people in Hong Kong so far in August.

Fortunately, the older generation of Hong Kong people still do not forget this humiliating history, and there are such works to remember the pain of that year.

Let's take a look at this 1941 Hong Kong drama film "Waiting for Dawn".

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the film begins on the eve of the outbreak of the Japanese Pacific War in 1941. </h1>

Britain was too busy fighting Germany on the Western Front to worry about the security of the Hong Kong colony. A large number of troops and personnel will be escorted back to China.

Hong Kong is like a candle in the wind. The authorities can only reassure the people. But there is no way to protect Hong Kong.

Ip Kin Fei (played by Chow Yun-fat) is an ordinary Hong Kong citizen. He has lived in the drama class with his aunt since childhood.

With the turmoil of the times, the expenses of the aunt's family increased. Ye Jianfei felt burdensome and wanted to get ahead all day long.

Young and impulsive, I dreamed of going to a foreign country to pan for gold. Sneak into a British steamship.

Unexpectedly, he was discovered by the little girl. Don't look at the little girl's age, but her view of Hong Kong people is the master-slave relationship.

Little British children have this contempt for Chinese. Ye Jianfei disembarked angrily. What does not change in his heart is the heart of Chinese.

Smuggling didn't work, he had to come back. Hong Kong is already in chaos, social supplies are in short supply, and money may not be able to buy anything.

Huang Keqiang (played by Wan Ziliang) is a local street gangster who earns a little money with his brothers every day by hard work.

Although he has no power, he is righteous. He sold the rice to the uncle who fled from the mainland, and also helped the uncle to defuse the robbery of the street gangsters.

After all, you still have to eat. When he looked at the recruitment revelation on the wall, he and Ye Jianfei had the first acquaintance.

Ye Jianfei could only return to his aunt's house. On the way home, a young girl (played by Ye Tong) who is tormented by illness catches his attention.

Ah Nan, who had a headache, was in excruciating pain, but was fortunate to be helped by people on the street. She staggered home. Ye Jianfei followed and found that she was in love with Huang Keqiang.

The three protagonists of the story slowly became connected.

The next day, Ye Jianfei went to the grain factory to work as a porter. It just so happened that Huang Keqiang was also there.

Unlike Ye Jianfei, Huang Keqiang actually came to steal grain.

It just so happened that Ye Jianfei discovered Huang Keqiang's theft of rice. The two did not fight and did not know each other, and here they made friends.

The owner of the rice shop is Ah Nan's father, who stockpiles rice and controls the price of rice.

All the workers were disbanded and their wages deducted. Rice riots. Huang Keqiang and Ye Jianfei took the opportunity to catch rice.

Huang Keqiang is hunted down by police officer Hua Rong (played by Qin Pei).

Fortunately, Huang Keqiang is smarter. Run into the residence of mainland compatriots and escape Hua Rong's pursuit.

Ye Jianfei did not know huang Keqiang's relationship with Uncle Mainland. He exchanged the rice he stole for Huang Keqiang.

The practice of righteousness has won the respect of all. The uncle became good friends with Huang Keqiang and Ye Jianfei.

After the night is full of wine and dinner, the three of them sit together in front of the campfire. The uncle talked about his past.

He was from three northeastern provinces, and both sons were killed by the Japanese. The family fled to Hong Kong. He had been hoping to fight back to his hometown to avenge his son.

Farewell to uncle Northeast. The two returned to their accommodation to become friends. They have a common ideal of going out and making a difference.

Talking and chatting, Ah Nan secretly ran to find Huang Keqiang. She wanted to go away with Huang Keqiang. So the three of them decided to go to the mainland together to see if there was a chance.

In fact, this is simply a fantasy, and the situation on the mainland is even worse than that in Hong Kong.

So the three decided to leave at dawn, who knew that the next day the Japanese army began to attack Hong Kong.

The three of them ultimately did not succeed in leaving Hong Kong. That night, the Japanese army captured the outskirts of Hong Kong. The British were powerless to resist.

Hong Kong, which is mired in anarchy, is in turmoil. The thugs began to take advantage of the fire to rob various rich people, and the policeman Hua Rong actually led the robbers to Ah Nan's house and began to rob.

Ye Jianfei led Uncle Northeast and others to come one step late. Hua Rong knocked Huang Keqiang unconscious and raped Ah Nan.

Although Hua Rong was eventually killed by Huang Keqiang. But the purity of the body has been defaced.

The next day, the Japanese entered Hong Kong and began a brutal rule that lasted nearly four years.

After last night's suffering, the three did not know that the Japanese had ruled Hong Kong. Huang Keqiang was still immersed in the joy of Ah Nan marrying him.

The three found children playing on the side of the road, like a person bending over, a beheading, which was very strange.

They climbed up the barbed wire fence and saw a sad, frightening scene.

The three were shocked by what was happening in front of them. Seeing their compatriots being killed by the Japanese, they were angry and helpless.

Witnessing the atrocities of the Japanese army, the three hurried away.

On the way home, they found a few little girls picking up horse manure, saying that there was a lot of undigested chaff in the horse dung.

It turned out that the Japanese began to enslave education as soon as they came to Hong Kong. They control all the food. Forcing Chinese to sing Japanese songs and learn Japanese customs so that they can be given food.

And the national integrity of the two little girls made Ye Jianfei ashamed of himself.

On the side of the road, Ah Nan meets a former beggar friend. He was dead, and among the relics beside her was a book that caught her attention.

This photo of the Japanese army that invaded China and brutally killed Chinese children made Ah Nan tremble all over his body.

She quickly remembered what had just happened. Inexplicable fear overwhelmed the three of them.

In front of the church, a large crowd gathered. The Japanese army is enslaving the local people. In the form of distributing white rice, the people were loyal to the emperor.

Ye Jianfei's aunt and wife have become traitors and help the Japanese organize photographs.

The three were forced to join the team. The leaders of the Japanese army demanded a collective shout of slogans, but no one responded. They all dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Suddenly Ye Jianfei pulled up the hands of the two and shouted slogans, and the sudden change made Ah Nan's good feelings for Ye Jianfei completely lost.

Watching the crowd begin to shout, the japanese leader showed a crazy smile.

Ah Nan was extremely dissatisfied with Ye Jianfei's (hereinafter referred to as Ah Fei) approach. She didn't understand Ah Fei's actions.

With the fall of Hong Kong, Ah Nan hopes that the three of them will leave together.

However, Ah Qiang wants to go to Yuen Long to earn money and marry her back, and Ah Fei wears a Japanese red medal as a traitor.

The world is unpredictable, and the two men in front of Ah Nan's eyes have made her lose the direction of her life.

At this time, Ah Fei, who was reporting from the Japanese army, received the first task, that is, to capture uncles from the northeast and others from the mainland.

Ah Fei told the real reason, it turned out that he also hated the Japanese, and he sent the uncle and others away in order to get the pass.

Fei, who pretended to be injured, gained the trust of the superior traitor leader and gave him a pass.

Uncle And the others got Ah Fei's pass and began to arrange the action without saying anything.

On the other hand, Ah Qiang wanted to go to Yuen Long to work, but he did not know that he was tricked into working as a laborer in the front labor camp of the Japanese army.

Knowing that He was deceived, Cuong was arrested. Along with two of his friends, he was also arrested.

In order to prevent the laborers from escaping, the traitor leaders put firecrackers into the ears of the laborers.

They themselves covered their ears, and the scene was truly sad, with their compatriots killing each other. How cruel the means are.

See friends being brutally killed by abuse. Ah Qiang desperately let another brother escape, and he was caught.

When Ah Nan heard the news that Ah Qiang had been arrested, she was very anxious.

She had no choice but to go to Ah Fei for help and see if she could help save Ah Qiang.

Ah Fei immediately moved, and he used his name as a special operations team in the city to go to the rescue of Ah Qiang.

The resourceful Ah Fei quickly gained the trust of the leader and took the opportunity to find an opportunity to get close to Ah Qiang.

In order to gain the trust of the leader, Ah Fei deliberately provokes Ah Qiang to show that he has parted ways with him as a traitor.

Ah Fei endured the pain and lit Ah Qiang's firecrackers. Let Ah Fei insult himself.

A cannon sounded, and Ah Qiang was stunned by the firecrackers.

With the help of the firecrackers of the traitors at the scene, Ah Fei killed the leader and took advantage of the chaos to rescue Ah Qiang.

Ah Qiang, who escaped death, was severely beaten. Only half a life remains.

With his identity as a traitor, Ah Fei brought back food and medicine, and gradually Ah Qiang retrieved a life.

During this time, Ah Nan developed feelings for Ah Fei. Ah Fei felt sorry for Ah Qiang, and he chose to leave automatically and leave with Uncle Northeast.

Ah Fei's departure is irretrievable. Cuong knows how Ah Fei helped him when he was critically ill. For his good brother, Ah Qiang did not know how to repay.

Who expected that the Japanese army Daisaku actually went to Ah Nan's house to propose to him, and he wanted to go to Ah Nan only because he had met him once in her home.

After leaving silently, Daisaku finds ah nan and ah qiang's residence. He wants to kill Ah Qiang and make Ah Nan marry her.

Ah Fei knew that this hateful Japanese person was not good, fought with him, and finally joined forces with Ah Qiang to kill him.

The three of them have run into the catastrophe and can only escape together.

The three young men have finally embarked on a journey out of Hong Kong. It's just that the night was very long.

After a night of sailing, the sun slowly rises. The upcoming dawn is so beautiful for all three.

The beautiful morning glow, the beautiful dawn seemed to be waving to the three people. A new life is even more anticipated with the dawn.

While everyone was cheering for hope, the pre-dawn darkness came again.

A Japanese marine patrol boat approached them quickly.

Ah Fei knew that they would definitely be captured by the Japanese army, and he hid the grenade to negotiate with the Japanese army alone. Let everyone leave quickly.

Ah Fei wants to sacrifice himself and complete Ah Qiang and Ah Nan.

As ah fei's grenade was pulled up, a cannon sounded and the Japanese battleship exploded and sank.

With a smile Ah Fei left them.

Many years have passed. Ah Nan and Ah Qiang spent the rest of their lives in peace. And the two men and that tragic history have always remained in Ah Nan's psychology and cannot be released.

The movie ends.

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Throughout the heyday of Hong Kong cinema, such films depicting the humiliating history of Hong Kong in March and August were rare.

The film depicts the british government's inaction during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

Through the emotional story of the three people, the tragic life of the turbulent fall of Hong Kong in the 1940s is described.

In 1984, during the british government's administration, the pressure on the film's release was estimated to be considerable.

Crimes such as enslavement education, Chinese labor, massacres of Chinese people, etc. are truly reflected in the film.

The older generation of Hong Kong people have experienced that tragic history.

From the movie, we can see their desire and expectation for returning to their homeland.

This history has been weakened and diluted by the British government in modern times.

Today's young people in Hong Kong are sad about their humble history of humiliation.

We must not forget history, let alone our motherland.

We'll talk about this today, and we'll see you next time.

Thank you for your attention