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Burning Ambition

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Duration

1h 44m

Release

13 Apr 1989

Country

Hong Kong SAR China

Language

cn

Overview

This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

Plot

A triad family fractures when the patriarch promotes a younger family member against his council's wishes. The advisers murder the patriarch, and the fractured family tries to survive the bloodshed.

Cast

Eddy KoKara Ying Hung WaiSimon Yam

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10

Details

Director

Frankie Chan

Writers

Frankie's Screenwriting Group

Revenue

$425,977
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