Queen of Underworld
Nov 20, 1991 | IMDB 4.8
97 min Watch NowComedy, Action, Drama, Crime, History
Popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip plays Sister Har -- a seminal figure in 1960s and '70s Hong Kong nightlife -- in this biographical film that follows the scenester's rise and fall from the upper echelons of society to the glamour and excess of Hong Kong's teeming underworld. A truly fascinating portrait of the allure and excess that were part of the fabric of Asia's favorite playground.
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The Chaser
A Foreign Field
The King
Radio
Call Girl
Miss Potter
Immortal Beloved
Noire
Guest from Heaven
Lupe
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IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 1995
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IMDB 8 | Mar , 2021
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