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Empire of Silver (2009) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2009 · 113 mins · Chinese
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- Directed by
- Christina Yao
- Starring
- Jennifer Tilly, Aaron Kwok, Wang Deshun, King Shih-Chieh, Hao Lei, Tien Niu
In 1899, Lord Kang faces the difficult choice of naming a successor among his three sons to inherit the family’s powerful Chinese banking empire. Political unrest forces him to appoint his unreliable youngest son, straining familial loyalties and sparking a fierce father‑son confrontation. The film won the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival.
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