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LatestAs the Secret Service finally corners the Tongs' printing operation, Ah Sahm must choose between his brothers in the Hop Wei and a future with Yan Mi.
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.
Practical Effects
Fight scenes with actual martial artists—no shaky-cam hiding bad choreography.
Production
Meticulously built 1870s Chinatown that cost HBO a fortune they didn't promote.
Writing
Tropper's dialogue: characters who talk in threats and poetry simultaneously.
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