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Rosy Business III

Rosy Business III poster
Cast
Wayne Lai, Marcus Lo, Myolie Wu, Flavia Wong, Edwin Siu, Sire Ma, Audrey Yue, Sam Tsang
Genre
drama film, historical drama
Country
Hong Kong

How it feels

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a special government agent works with a female spy to infiltrate underground triads and resist the Empire of Japan in Canton. They face a rival agent whose loyalties are unclear, creating a tangled web of deception and danger.

tensesuspensefulmelodramaticintricatewartimegrittyserializedfast-paced

What happens

No Reserve (Chinese: 巾幗梟雄之諜血長天), also known as Rosy Business III, is a 2016 Hong Kong espionage television drama serial created and produced by Lee Tim-sing for TVB. It is the third installment of the Rosy Business franchise. It stars Wayne Lai and Myolie Wu in the 3rd installment of the Rosy Business. Set primarily in Canton, China (now known as Guangzhou) during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the show's story follows the affairs of Chinese spies and their entanglements with underground triads and the Empire of Japan. Wayne Lai stars as special government agent Kong Sheung-hung. Co-starring is Myolie Wu as Kong's partner Cheung Kei-sang, and Edwin Siu as their rival, Chau Sai-kai. No Reserve premiered on 1 October 2016 on TVB's streaming service, myTV SUPER. It later had a mainstream premiere at TVB Jade on 19 December 2016, with the series edited from 30 episodes to 26 episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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