The Shell Game (II)
The Shell Game (II)
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The Shell Game (II)

1981
1 season
20 episodes
Drama

This series about gambler-rivalries in China. It was 1935 in Shanghai, a young country lad, Ah Long, who just arrived the city then to challenge Tu Yi Xiao (King Punter of the North) but soon he found himself insufficient and humbly begged to serve Tu as his master. Soon, Tu's gambling business expanded so fast cause other gangs felt annoyed and rivalries began.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    13-04-198146m

    It is five peaceful years since TAM SING emerges as King Punter on the retirement of his two masters. Rivalries subsides for a time, but casinos remain the nosiest spot in town....

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    14-04-198146m

    It ends a drawn game. TAM flatly declines TO's second proposal of challenge and quietly leaves Shanghai. M LOON feels pretty disappointed and turns to TO for his new target. To...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    15-04-198147m

    So AH LOON ends up as the cheap little crook he used to be and loaf about at::the back street gambling tables. In fact he is not always the winner and cheated by a man called Q-I...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    16-04-198146m

    FOK learns from the newspaper of a vacancy for the post of family tutor. When she arrives at the house, the master is out but she quickly gets herself acquainted with the little...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    17-04-198145m

    AH LOON beats T0. He is so happy that buzzes around grabbing people to celebrate with him. FOK rejects, so does Q-IAN. CI-IAN even scolds him and makes him aware of the whole tru...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    20-04-198146m

    Ever since TO arrives at Shanghai, HUNG has been poorly beaten at the garbling table times after times. To retaliate for the humiliation, HUNG carries off TO's son, JUN and FOK a...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    21-04-198147m

    YOUNG gets hold of all substantial testimony to charge TO's inability to take care of the child. The court is convinced and passes a verdict in favor of YOUNG. TO buries himself...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    22-04-198145m

    JUN goes back to join his father. When YOUNG sees their father and son intimacy, she is convinced that further efforts will not be worthwhile. She promises to give up her right t...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    23-04-198148m

    Reasonably enough, TO is taken custody of being the greatest suspect in the murder case. In jail, he is attacked several times, but manages to escape death. Then he begins to re...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    24-04-198145m

    AH LOON's mother and brother AH FU arrive Shanghai to visit him but AH FU is beaten by the gangsters as he is caught playing tricks in a casino. AH LOON saves him and FOK looks...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    27-04-198147m

    CHOU swears to revenge against TO and designs numerous plots to do so but all in vain. TO is happy to see this old king punter fails in every plot. Accidentally, CHOU kills his o...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    28-04-198146m

    Finally, FOK agrees to marry AH LOON but his grand-mother disapproves the marriage and moves out of his house. She insists AH LOON should marry P0. Nonetheless, PO convinces her...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    29-04-198146m

    In the game, TO loses his right palm to CHOU and everybody is regret and upset. AH LOON takes up the responsibility to look after TO's business whilst he is in hospital. TU TIN...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    30-04-198147m

    Everybody thinks that AH LOON is being unmanly to leave FOK but only AH LOON knows the reason. The Japanese punter sends his attorney to Shanghai to collect the debts from T0. T...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    01-05-198146m

    Due to CHOU's deadly chase, TO and FOK cannot manage to leave the city and hide in CHAN's house. CHOU takes YIM as prisoner and tortures him to make him speak. YIM shows his loy...

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    04-05-198146m

    Finally, TO and FOK manage to get away from CHOU's hunt and leave Shanghai. AH LOON gets very depressed. On arrival to Hangchow, TO looks for a job. He tries to get one as magic...

  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    05-05-198147m

    Not to let his grandmother and PO suffer as he goes on with his plot, AH LOON deliberately drives them out of Shanghai and proceed with his plan for revenge. CHOU asks AH LOON t...

  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    06-05-198147m

    One day in the casino, a stranger shows up and wins a lot of money. AH LOON asks CHOU to give him a try but CHOU refuses. Instead he finds out that the stranger is well- acquain...

  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    07-05-198148m

    TO and FOK accept AH LOON's explanations and return to Shanghai but their relationship is no more as intimate as before. After much persuasion, TO agrees to start his business ag...

  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    08-05-198146m

    U LAN is so ambitious as trying to snatch AH LOON's business into her own hands. After massive killings and bloodshed, she fails. AH LOON is sorry to have AH FU killed in the fi...

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