Tai-Pan (film)
Tai-Pan is a 1986 adventure drama film directed by Daryl Duke, loosely based on James Clavell's 1966 eponymous novel.
While many of the same characters and plot twists are maintained, a few smaller occurrences are left out.
Filmed under communist Chinese censorship, some portions of Clavell's story were considered too offensive to be filmed as written and considerable changes were made.
The De Laurentiis Entertainment Group handled the production and were actively seen battling the Chinese Government and Labor boards over the film during shooting.
The results fared poorly at the box office and in critical reviews.
Duke believed that a mini-series à la Shōgun or Noble House would have been a far superior means of covering the complexity of Clavell's novel.
Daryl Duke
Daryl Duke (8 March 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Canadian film and TV director.
Duke was born at Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became one of CBC Television's earliest regional producers.
His career continued with CBC in Toronto producing such series as "This Hour Has Seven Days", then in the United States for major television networks and studios there.
In 1977, he won the Canadian Film Award for best Director for his surprise hit "The Silent Partner".
His significant achievement in television was directing the Emmy Award winning miniseries "The Thorn Birds".
Duke was also among those responsible for the creation of CKVU-TV in Vancouver which is today part of the Citytv franchise.
Noteworthy is that he produced and directed early Bob Dylan "song films," black and white vignettes that were the forerunners of today's music videos.
He was inducted to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and Starwalk in 1997.
Duke died in West Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2006 due to pulmonary fibrosis.
David Landale
David Landale (6 August 1868 – 6 September 1935) was the 13th Tai-pan of the Jardine Matheson & Co. and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Charles Edward Anton
Charles Edward Anton( 1860 – 16 November 1935) was a Scottish businessman who was the 16th tai- pan of the Jardine, Matheson& Co. and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Charles Henderson Ross
Charles Henderson Ross( 23 July 1864 – 23 November 1919) was a Scottish businessman.
He was the tai- pan of the Jardine, Matheson& Co. and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
John Johnstone Paterson
John Johnstone Paterson (29 October 1886 - 29 January 1971) was the tai-pan of the Jardine Matheson & Co. and member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Lamman Rucker
Lamman Rucker( born October 6, 1971) is an American actor.
Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas" As the World Turns" and" All My Children", before roles in Tyler Perry's films
" Why Did I Get Married?
Why Did I Get Married Too?", and" Meet the Browns", and its television adaptation.
In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series," Greenleaf".
James Johnstone Keswick
James Johnstone Keswick( 1845–1914) was a Scottish businessman in Hong Kong and China.
He was the tai- pan of the Jardine Matheson& Co ..
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: What is the cause of death of director of film Tai-Pan (Film)?
Answer: pulmonary fibrosis