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To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui (1994)

To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui poster
Original title
新邊緣人
Directed by
Andrew Lau
Genre
crime film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles to survive in the criminal underworld of Hong Kong's Tsimshatsui district. He gets caught in a web of violence and betrayal.

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What happens

To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui is a 1994 Hong Kong crime film directed by Andrew Lau and starring Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Jacklyn Wu. The film (sometimes referred to as New Edge Man) is said to be a remake of a film titled Man on the Brink. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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