The Greed of Man (1992)
- Original title
- 大時代
- Cast
- Adam Cheng, Sean Lau, Yammie Nam, Loretta Lee, David Siu, Leila Tong, Michael Tao, Bowie Lam
- Genre
- drama television series
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Length
- 2 seasons, 40 episodes
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows characters involved in triad violence and stock market corruption in Hong Kong and Taiwan from the 1970s to the 1990s. It shows how money and power drive conflict across three decades.
sprawlingintensesuspensefulmelodramaticgrittyfast-pacedambitiousdense
What happens
The Greed of Man is a Hong Kong television series first broadcast on TVB Jade in 1992. The story, spanning three decades from the 1970s to the 1990s in Hong Kong and Taiwan, addresses various social and financial phenomena of the times, from triad violence to corruption in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It featured a top roster cast, including veteran TVB actors Adam Cheng and Damian Lau and award-winning actor Sean Lau. The series is also well remembered for a Hong Kong stock market cultural phenomenon called the "Ting Hai effect". In 2022, the drama was selected as one of ten classic TVB dramas being honoured for a new Youku and TVB programme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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