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A Chance to Die

A Chance to Die

2000 · 97 min · ★ 7.3 · Crime

Burned by the desire to avenge her dead boyfriend, a Japanese woman learns to shoot a gun, and goes after the local Mafia in Taiwan. Mizuno Miki excels in her role as the grieving and estranged, then vengeful and cold-blooded foreigner.

Directed by Chen Yi-wen · Written by Chen Yi-wen

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