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Storyline

Ian Struan Dunross is chairman of Struan & Company, 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 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?

Country: United States

Type: scripted

Status: Ended

Language: English

Release Date: February 21, 1988

Also Known As: Благородный дом, Tai-PanCasa Nobre, I aftokratoria tou hrimatos, M&A タイパンと呼ばれた男, Noble House, James Clavell's Noble House, Otmjena kuca iz Hong-Konga, A nemesi ház, La casa Noble, Noble House - Hongkongin valtias, Nobila Casa, La Noble maison, Нобъл Хаус, Il re di Hong Kong |  See more »

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Company Credits

Production Co: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), Polyphony Digital

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

1988 | 4 Episodes

Awards

Awards & Nominations

Primetime Emmy 1988

Nominee

Primetime Emmy

Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special

ASC Award 1989

Nominee

ASC Award

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Mini-Series

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