My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

1989 · 91 min · ★ 7.3 · Action, Crime, Drama, Romance

The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - she becomes a kingpin’s unwilling moll and he travels to the Philippines to work as a contract killer. Six years later, the two are reunited in a chance encounter, but their rekindled emotions and people from their past lead them into extreme danger.

Directed by Patrick Tam Kar-Ming · Written by John Chan Koon-Chung

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