Where the Wind Blows (2021) on Netflix
Lui Lok joins the police to uphold justice, but corruption inside the force leaves him no way to stay independent. He and Nam Kong lay the groundwork for a corruption empire.
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- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb5.9/10758 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes56%
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Plot summary
The story covers more than three decades of Hong Kong under British rule, beginning in the early 1940s when the city is under Japanese occupation. Lui Lok becomes a police officer to uphold justice, but corruption is rampant in the force, and he finds it impossible to remain independent. In the 1950s he sets out to make his mark inside the force by taking control of organized crime, the triad. Nam Kong passes as a gentleman but keeps a dagger beneath his cloak, and he moves in police and social circles, laying the groundwork for a corruption empire he builds with Lui.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Where the Wind Blows (2021)
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- Mainland China's National Radio and Television Administration withheld approval for Where the Wind Blows because its plot dealt with corrupt policemen and triads. Cleared in late 2020, the film was pulled three days before opening the 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 1 April 2021, its producers citing "technical reasons".
