To Kill with Intrigue

To Kill with Intrigue

He must fight one woman in order to save another.

PG-13 1977 · 106 min · ★ 5.6 · Action, Drama

Young master Cao Le chases his pregnant girlfriend away from the family castle. He does it in order to save her from vicious bandits who are going to murder his family.

Directed by Lo Wei · Written by Gu Long

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