China Synopsis
大上海
“Loyalty At All Costs”
Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison Cheng quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when Cheng finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Last Tycoon. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Enlight Pictures
Drama + History in China
53 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Last Tycoon itself).
The 2011–2013 China Window
The Last Tycoon holds position #36 of 96 China films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Last Tycoon premiered alongside 29 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other China films in 2012.
The 313th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
39 audience reviews — more than 58% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 45th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Last Tycoon, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- shanghai · 26
- mafia · 24
- 1900s · 8
- chinese mafia · 7
- china · 127
- gangster · 85
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #594 of 946 China films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #374 of 547 (top 68%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Enlight Pictures, Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP) |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | December 22, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2458314 |