Movie: Breakout From Oppression

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Lu Hsiao-Fen
Lu Hsiao-Fen

Fonda Chou (archive footage)

Chang Fu-Mei
Chang Fu-Mei

Sheena (archive footage)

Lin Tsai-pei
Lin Tsai-pei

Joe Chan (archive footage)

Wa Lun
Wa Lun

(archive footage)

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    A young woman is released from prison, after serving an eight-year sentence for murder, and wishes to start her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper through a friend, she tries to settle in despite the pressures of being an ex-convict. When bizarre incidents begin to occur both at work and at home, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her. NOTE: This is the 1985 IFD (Godfrey Ho & company) re-edit (with English dubbing) of Karen Yang Taiwanese thriller, Exposed to Danger.

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    1985-01-01

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