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Blood Brothers (2007)

Blood Brothers poster
Original title
天堂口
Directed by
Alexi Tan
Genre
melodrama
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three brothers leave their rural village in 1930s Shanghai seeking a better life. They get pulled into the city's violent underworld, where loyalty and ambition clash tragically.

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What happens

Blood Brothers (Chinese: 天堂口; pinyin: Tiān táng kǒu; lit. 'Gate of Heaven') is a 2007 drama film directed by Alexi Tan and starring Daniel Wu, Shu Qi, Sun Honglei, Liu Ye and Tony Yang. The film is co-produced by Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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