Scenarijus Eric Bercovici pagal James Clavell romaną
Muzika Paul Chihara
Vaidina
Pierce Brosnan ... Ian Dunross
Deborah Raffin ... Casey Tcholok
Ben Masters ... Linc Bartlett
John Rhys-Davies ... Quillan Gornt
Julia Nickson ... Orlanda Ramos
Khigh Dhiegh ... Four Finger Wu
Gordon Jackson ... Supt. Armstrong
Burt Kwouk ... Philip Chen
Nancy Kwan ... Claudia Chen
Šis serialas patiks net ir tiems, kurie šio žanro nepakenčia. Klestintis, prabangus, šiuolaikinis, bet dar nekiniškas Honkongas (Siangangas (kin. Xiānggǎng 'Kvapnusis uostas')), jo senbuviai britai, vargšų lūšnynai ir kiniškos triados - perpinta ir neišskiriama, klastinga ir mistiška kaip ir patys kinų hieroglifai. O pro sienos skylutę jau žvelgia Didysis brolis iš Didžiosios Kinijos, bruka leteną į šią vis dar svajonių ir vilčių salą, čiumpa ten pirmąjį laimikį ir kantriai laukia - 1997 metais britai pagaliau užleis valdas jam.
Britiškos Honkongo istorijos pradžią pasakoja filmas Taipanas pagal J.Clawell romaną tuo pačiu pavadinimu. Po galingo Pirmojo Opiumo karo 1842 m. britai pagaliau užėmė tuomet dar tik būsimą rojų.
Noble House was an American television miniseries that was produced and broadcast by NBC in 1988. Based upon the novel 'Noble House' by James Clavell, it featured a large cast headlined by Pierce Brosnan as business tycoon Ian Dunross and was directed by Gary Nelson. However due to time restrictions several of the many subplots from the book were removed. The novel was set in Hong Kong in 1963. The miniseries updates the storyline of the novel to the 1980s. It is part of Clavells Asian Saga.
Ian Struan Dunross is chairman of Struan & Co, the oldest and largest of the British-East Asia trading companies. To the Chinese, that also makes him "Tai-Pan" ("supreme leader") of the "Noble House". Unfortunately, with his power, he inherits ancient promises, dark secrets and deep financial problems on a small island full of people who want to see Struan's fall so they can become the Noble House. Dunross' worst enemy is the vicious Quillan Gornt, a lesser tai-pan, and he's doing everything in his power to bring the Noble House to ruin. Drawn into the fight between Gornt and Dunross is an upstart American billionaire who tries to gain a foothold on the Hong Kong market and has made a deal to steal something that will give him power, even over the Noble House. Unfortunately, that something has fallen into the hands of a powerful Chinese overlord. "Everybody was watching [and cheating on] everybody." Who will succeed in the end? Part 2
