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Zodiac Killers (1991)

Zodiac Killers poster
Original title
極道追踪
Directed by
Ann Hui
Genre
crime film, thriller film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Hong Kong crime thriller drawn from a real life tragedy. The story follows a mainland Chinese female student in Japan who becomes entangled in danger and dies in a subway accident.

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What happens

Zodiac Killers is a 1991 Hong Kong action thriller drama film directed by Ann Hui and starring Andy Lau, Cherie Chung and Junichi Ishida. The inspiration of Zodiac Killers came from the case of a mainland Chinese female student studying abroad in Japan who died when she fell onto the tracks. Zodiac Killers is Hong Kong New Wave's representative Ann Hui's first attempt at making a commercial film, which, however, did not perform very well at the local box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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