A whirlwind of romance, action, and espionage, East Hegemon features Mainland stars Huang Weide and Huo Siyan (My Name is Fame) and Hong Kong artists Hawick Lau, Yvonne Hung, Hung Yan, and Tsui Siu Keung. The drama is set in the romanticized turbulence of early 20th century China, as patriotic revolutionaries and treacherous spies crossfire in a dangerous game over the fate of the republic. Huang Weide stars as a heroic revolutionary, Gao Tianwei, who loses his memory after a chaotic fight. Unaware of his own identity, he is unwittingly pulled into a conspiracy and becomes a spy for the Japanese. But what happens when he finally recovers his memory?