Empire of Silver (film)

113 minutesCountriesTaiwan
Hong Kong
ChinaLanguageMandarin

Empire of Silver (simplified Chinese: 白银帝国; traditional Chinese: 白銀帝國; pinyin: Báiyín Dìguó; Jyutping: Baak6 Ngan4 Dai3 Gwok3) is a 2009 historical epic film written and directed by Christina Yao, based on the novel The Silver Valley by Cheng Yi.^[1] It focuses on a wealthy banking clan in Pingyao, Shanxi and its fortunes during the turn-of-the-century Chinese economic and political turmoil. The film stars Aaron Kwok and Jennifer Tilly.

• Aaron Kwok as Third Master
• Zhang Tielin as Lord Kang
• Hao Lei as Madame Kang
• Jennifer Tilly as Mrs. Landdeck
• Jonathan Kos-Read as Pastor Landdeck
• Lei Zhenyu as Manager Dai
• Ding Zhicheng as Qiu Taiji
• John Paisley as Dr. Wilson
• Chin Shih-chieh as Manager Liu
• Tien Niu as Yu Feng
• Hou Tongjiang as Chief Manager Sun
• Shi Xiaoman as Lao Xia
• Shi Dasheng as First Master
• Hei Zi as Second Master
• Wang Deshun as Chang You
• Chang Lan-tian as Eunuch
• Lü Zhong as Lu Sao
• Li Yixiao as Fourth wife
• Du Jiang as Fourth Master
• Guo Tao as Bandit chief
• Xu Zhengyun as Manager Zhou
• Wu Fang as San Xi
• Wang Shuang as Third Wife
• Mou Ruiying as Second wife
• Chi Guodong as Qing official
• Dennis Chan as Governor
• Chen Jun as Escort A
• Xia Le as Escort B
• Liu Zhongyuan as Fifth Master (narrator)
• Chai Jin
• Sing Ning

• official website http://www.empireofsilver.com Archived April 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
• Empire of Silver at IMDb
• Cheney, Alexandra (March 28, 2011). "Chinese Period Film 'Empire of Silver' Melds History, Art, Business Ethics". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
• Elley, Derek (February 23, 2009). "Empire of Silver (review)". Variety. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
• "The Empire of Silver and the Confucian Path to Banking(review)". The Berkeley Daily Planet. October 7, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.