Shanghai 1934: the evening tide already bobs with the corpses of the newly dead: babies, beggars, the starved. Flooding down from Nanking Road, a cavalcade of international glitter throngs the waterfront hotels, the banks and the teeming shops. But in the back lanes, a new-born child cries: his mother is not home; she's a prostitute on the game. His father is not home; he's a US seaman on duty aboard ship. And yet, in spite of his beginnings, Johnny Wei rose to become a Chinese hero, only to lose all at the hands of the Red Guards; all, except the dim memory of the father from across the water who held the keys to his triumph, his tragedy and his true identity. Producer SIMON ELMES Stereo
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