The Untold Story

The Untold Story

Based, unfortunately, on real events…

R 1993 · 95 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Crime, Horror

Macau cops begin to suspect a man running a pork buns restaurant of murder, after tracing the origin of a case full of chopped up human remains that washed ashore, which leads them to him.

Directed by Herman Yau · Written by Law Kam-Fai

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