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Dead End
CHINA · 1969

Dead End

Chang Cheh
kung-fu action family honor forbidden romance male rivalry martial arts violence
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Synopsis

In the mid-sixties Chang Cheh changed the face of female dominated films with his male dominated, violent kung-fu films. Dead End was the start of a new force that lasted 6 years, the first film to star David Chiang and Ti Lung under director Chang's discerning eye. The trouble all begins when Chen Hung-lieh's character disapproves of Ti Lung's character courting his sister.

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