Name: Shanghai Bund
Genre: Action & Adventure
Released: 2007-04-29
Rating: 7
Cast: Huang Xiaoming, Sun Li, Li Xuejian, Huang Haibo, Chen Shu

A gangster, a girl, and a city that will swallow them both.

Mini Series

Gangster glamourTragic romancePeriod epic

Latest Episode

42 min

Season 1 • Episode 44

Latest

Episode 44

Feb 24, 2008

Overview

Action & Adventure

Shanghai Bund is a 2007 Chinese television series and a remake of the 1980 Hong Kong television series The Bund produced by TVB. Directed by Gao Xixi, the series starred Huang Xiaoming, Betty Sun, Li Xuejian and Huang Haibo in the lead roles.

CN Chinese

Content warning

shanghai, china

Loyalty versus ambitionLove across class dividesThe cost of powerColonial-era identity

Standout Aspects

Acting

Huang Xiaoming's smoldering intensity as the doomed Xu Wenqiang.

Production

Lavish 1930s Shanghai recreation, every frame drips with cigarette smoke and regret.

Best for:Binge·Solo

Heads up:Violence·Emotional

First AiredApr 29, 2007

StatusEnded

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes44

Top Cast

Huang Xiaoming

许文强

Sun Li

冯程程

Li Xuejian

冯敬尧

Huang Haibo

丁力

Chen Shu

方艳芸

Sha Yi

陈翰林

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

The original 1980 Chow Yun-fat version made the name 'Xu Wenqiang' synonymous with tragic cool across Chinese-speaking communities—this remake had impossible shoes to fill.

Trivia

Huang Xiaoming reportedly studied Chow Yun-fat's performance frame by frame, then deliberately softened Xu's edges to make him more vulnerable—a choice that divided fans of the original.

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