Iron Road

Iron Road

2009 · 95 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.

Directed by David Wu · Written by Barry Pearson

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