The Bund II
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| Genre | Period drama |
| Written by | Koo Siu-fung Leung Kin-cheung Sam Kwok-wing Leung Wing-mui Chan Lai-wah |
| Directed by | Chiu Chun-keung Tam Jui-ming Lee Yiu-ming Ng Yat-fan |
| Starring |
Ray Lui Gigi Wong Patrick Tse Liu Kai-chi |
| Opening theme | Man Ban Ching (萬般情) performed by Frances Yip |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Producer(s) | Chiu Chun-keung |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVB |
| Original release | 1980 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Bund |
| Followed by | The Bund III |
| The Bund II | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 上海灘續集 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 上海滩续集 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sequel to The Bund | ||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shànghǎi Tān Xùjí |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Soeng6 Hoi2 Taan1 Zuk6 Zaap6 |
The Bund II is a Hong Kong period drama television series broadcast on TVB in 1980. It is a direct sequel to The Bund, also produced and released by TVB earlier in the same year. A sequel, The Bund III, was released by TVB later that year.
The story continues from after Hui Man-keung's death in The Bund. Hui's best friend, Ting Lik, now controls the Shanghai triad world and he seeks to avenge Hui. Ting sends Chan Cheung-kwai to hunt down those responsible for murdering Hui, which leads to a series of killings.
At the same time, Ting is depressed after receiving news that his lover, Ching-ching, has become a nun. He decides to find another girlfriend, whom he has no romantic feelings for, just to cheer his mother up. By coincidence, Ting meets Chu Yin-yin and he falls in love with her. Just as their relationship is developing well, a gentlemanly and wealthy businessman named Tik Wan-chi appears and Yin-yin becomes attracted to Tik. The three of them are drawn into a complex love triangle.
Actually, Tik's immense wealth comes from secret financial support by the Japanese. Tik invites Ting to become his business partner and Ting reaps great rewards from their partnership. However, Tik's goal is to pave a path for the Japanese to take control of Shanghai.
Ting eventually learns of Tik's background after cooperating with him for some time. He is also shocked to discover that Tik is actually the mastermind behind Hui's assassination. Ting enters a dilemma on whether to kill Tik. He intends to kill Tik to avenge his friend and prevent the Japanese from taking over Shanghai. However, he is also hesitant when he sees that Yin-yin truly loves Tik and when he feels that he does not want to lose Tik as a business partner. Eventually, Ting decides to turn against Tik to uphold justice and his decision will stir up big trouble in Shanghai.
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