| Shadow of China | |
| Director: | Mitsuo Yanagimachi |
| Producer: | Don Guest Elliott Lewitt |
| Screenplay: | Richard Maxwell Mitsuo Yanagimachi |
| Starring: | John Lone Sammi Davis Vivian Wu |
| Music: | Yasuaki Shimizu |
| Cinematography: | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Editing: | Sachiko Yamaji |
| Studio: | Fuji Television Network Nissho-Iwai Marubeni Nippon Herald Sotsu Sunrise Inc. |
| Distributor: | Fine Line Features |
| Runtime: | 131 minutes |
| Country: | United States Japan |
| Language: | English |
Shadow of China is a 1989 drama film directed and co-written by Mitsuo Yanagimachi and starring John Lone, Sammi Davis and Vivian Wu.[1] [2] It is based on the novel Snake Head by Masaaki Nishiki.[3] It was the first Japanese-American co-production financed entirely in Japan, and the first English-language film by director Yanagimachi.
A Chinese political refugee tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong, while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism. His past comes back to haunt him.