Shanghai Affairs

Shanghai Affairs
DVD cover
Traditional Chinese	新唐山大兄
Simplified Chinese	新唐山大兄
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīn Táng Shān Dà Xiōng
Jyutping	San1 Tong4 Saan1 Daai6 Hing1
Directed by	Donnie Yen
Produced by	Wynn Lau Rainy Chan
Starring	Donnie Yen Athena Chu Yu Rongguang Cheung Hung Ruco Chan Yan Yee-shek
Cinematography	Stephen Poon Woo Sze-kwong
Edited by	Ng Kam-wah
Music by	Cheung Yiu-san
Distributed by	Sam niang Po Entertainment
Release date	3 July 1998 (1998-07-03)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Shanghai Affairs is a 1998 Hong Kong martial arts film starring and directed by Donnie Yen. ^[1]

Plot

Tong Shan (Donnie Yen) is a doctor who returns from Britain to Shanghai after graduating from medical school. Tong opens a clinic in a poor village in Shanghai to help sick people who cannot afford medical care. However, the Axe Gang, led by Yue Lo-chat, arrives and plans to tear apart the village and build a casino there. Tong and his assistant, Bond (Ruco Chan), protect the village and drive the gang away, angering Yue. One day, Tong meets Yue's younger sister, Yue Siu-sin (Athena Chu), who is mute due to an illness. Tong cures Siu-sin, and their relationship grows closer, which angers Yue Lo-chat even more since he is against Western medicine. Later, some kids are kidnapped and found dead without internal organs. Tong investigates and discovers that his mentor, Lui Mung, and Yue are the masterminds behind this. Lui and Yue frame Tong, and Yue starts a persecution of Tong.

Cast

• Donnie Yen as Tong Shan, the main protagonist, is a charitable doctor who studied in Great Britain and returned to Shanghai to cure poor people.
• Athena Chu as Yue Siu-sin, Yue Lo-chat's younger sister, a young girl who is mute due to an illness. She is later cured by Tong Shan and becomes his love interest.
• Yu Rongguang as Yue Lo-chat, the main antagonist, the leader of the Axe Gang
• Cheung Hung as Yip Ling, Yue Siu-sin's friend
• Ruco Chan as Bond Lau, Tong Shan's assistant
• Yan Yee-shek as Lung, Yue Lo-chat's henchman who mistakenly killed Siu-sin during his mission to kill Tong Shan.
• Sing Cheung-ban
• Man Cho-han
• Lam Yiu-san
• Lee Qui
• Lam Man-ying

References

1. Shanghai Affairs (1998) . Retrieved 21 August 2025– via letterboxd.com.

External links

• Shanghai Affairs at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Shanghai Affairs at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• Shanghai Affairs at IMDb
• Shanghai Affairs film review at LoveHKFilm.comproducerproducerproducerproducer