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Stage Door Johnny

Stage Door Johnny

1990 · 94 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Action

During the 1920s in Shanghai, an all female Chinese Opera troupe is struggling. The troupe boss calls on Tsui to join them in the hope that her fighting sequences will pull the troupe out from imminent close-down. This enrages the actresses who are already quarreling among themselves. However, they come together when a Triad Boss Chang, goes after one of them. The actors and a young man named Lu and his friends become embroiled with the mobster.

Directed by Wu Ma · Written by Chan Ka-Cheong

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