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, 80 episodes

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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