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Pituitary Hunter (1984) · 盜腦者

Name: Pituitary Hunter
Director: Chan Ta
Genre: Crime, Hospital
Released: 1984
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Lau Kong, Leung Lam Ling, Samuel Kwok Fung, Teresa Ha Ping, Ching Miao

Original title: 盜腦者

1984 · Chan Ta · 87 min · Hong Kong · Edited by 1

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Someone's on a pituitary gland binge. Pituitary glands first go missing from corpses and the criminal theft escalates to living people..

A 1984 title built around Crime and Hospital. Directed by Chan Ta.

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Pituitary Hunter (1984) · 盜腦者

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