english title | Brothers from Walled City |
year | 1982 |
country | Hong-Kong |
genres | drama social |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
The Walled City was once a place out of official control - people were living with indecent businesses of sex, gambling, and drugs controlled by triad gangs. Cheng Yuan-lung (Kwan Hoi-shan) was a Walled City gambling house boss. He left his sons Chia-chin (Kao Fei) and Chia-kang (Chien Hsiao-hou) to his friend, Chiptooth (Pai Wen-piao), when he was killed. Chia-chin grew up and kept himself away from the sins although he worked as a floor man in a cabaret. However, Chia-kang mixed with a gang of hooligans and made his classmate Mei-ling (Liu Li-ling) pregnant. Mei-ling's father, the fiery-tempered Inspector Chang (Wang Lung-wei), forced Mei-ling to have an abortion, which led to Mei-ling's tragic death by falling off a rooftop accidentally. Inspector Chang couldn't wait to take revenge on Chia-chin and Chia-kang, following unwritten underworld rules...
(source: DVD)