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The Revenge of Angel (1990) · 水玲瓏

Name: The Revenge of Angel
Director: Yang Chuan
Genre: Acción, Drama, Ghost, venganza
Released: 1990
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Moon Lee, Lau Ji-Wai, Wu Ma, Alvina Kong Yan-Yin, Paul Chung Fat

Original title: 水玲瓏

1990 · Yang Chuan · 91 min · Hong Kong · Edited by 1

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Moon Lee plays a beautiful actress named Angel who is killed in a brutal fashion after she refuses the advances of a gangster. Twenty years later, a struggling young actor (Lau Chi-Wai) comes upon Angel's ghost, who teaches him some new moves which gain him the starring role in the local production, as well as the affection of one of the other stars of the show (Alvina Kong). In return, he and his uncle (Wu Ma) set out to help Angel gain her revenge on the gangster that took her life.

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The Revenge of Angel (1990) · 水玲瓏

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