Stars & Roses(1989)
Hong Kong photo-journalist Lau and Vietnamese translator Yuen Hung become friends when Lau is arrested for a traffic accident. Yuen wants Lau to find out the whereabouts of her brother. Lau is later thrown into prison again due to being mistakenly as a demonstrator and sentenced to three years of hard labor. With help of Yuen, Lau and Yuen's brother escape to China but Yuen's brother is killed on the way. Lau flees to freedom. Yuen cannot go to China and Lau has to let her go...
Movie: Stars & Roses
Top 10 Billed Cast
Liou Chi Tsu
Yuan Hong
Chen Fei Ehn
Tsu's girlfriend
Ah Nan
Hong's boyfriend
Viet prison camp cmdr
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Hong Kong photo-journalist Lau and Vietnamese translator Yuen Hung become friends when Lau is arrested for a traffic accident. Yuen wants Lau to find out the whereabouts of her brother. Lau is later thrown into prison again due to being mistakenly as a demonstrator and sentenced to three years of hard labor. With help of Yuen, Lau and Yuen's brother escape to China but Yuen's brother is killed on the way. Lau flees to freedom. Yuen cannot go to China and Lau has to let her go...
Release Date
1989-12-21
Average
7.3
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
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Languages:
广州话 / 廣州話普通话Tiếng Việt
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