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Star Runner (2003)

Star Runner poster
Original title
少年阿虎
Directed by
Daniel Lee
Genre
drama film, action film, romance film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man trains in martial arts and falls in love while preparing for a brutal fighting competition. The story follows his journey through romance and violent confrontations.

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What happens

Star Runner (Chinese: 少年阿虎), (also known in the United States as The Kumite), is a 2003 Hong Kong action/romance film co-written and directed by Daniel Lee. It is rated PG-13 by the MPAA "for intense sequences of martial arts action violence". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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