8.653 minSeason 3 • Episode 10
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.
Creator
Jonathan Tropper
Andrew Koji
Ah Sahm
Olivia Cheng
Ah Toy
Jason Tobin
Young Jun
Dianne Doan
Mai Ling
Kieran Bew
Officer “Big Bill” O’Hara
Dean S. Jagger
Dan Leary
Tom Weston-Jones
Richard Lee
Hoon Lee
Wang Chao
Langley Kirkwood
Walter Buckley
Miranda Raison
Nellie Davenport
Chen Tang
Hong
Chelsea Muirhead
Yan Mi
Adam Rayner
Douglas Strickland III
Mark Dacascos
Kong Pak
Joe Taslim
Li Yong
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