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I Love Maria is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Tsui Hark with Sally Yeh
I Love Maria (1988)
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Add to a movie listI Love Maria is a 1988 Hong Kong science fiction film directed by David Chung and starring the film's producers Tsui Hark and John Shum, alongside Sally Yeh, Tony Leung and Lam Ching-ying.
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On one evening, Hong Kong's largest gang, the Hero Gang, uses an armed robot named Pioneer I to rob a bank and the police was unable to stop it. Maria (Sally Yeh) is a loyal member to the Hero Gang and its leader (Ben Lam) and did not hesitate to kill the mechanical maintenance staff who tried to escape. Master (Lam Ching-ying), an elder member of the gang was dissatisfied with Maria's style of cold-blooded killing. Maria later discovers that the leader is obsessed with robots and he created a female armed robot named Pioneer II, which was modeled after Maria's face. This leads Maria to develop a strong hatred towards Pioneer II.Actors
Sally Yeh
(Maria / Pioneer 2)
John Shum
(Curly)
Tsui Hark
(Whiskey)
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
(T. Q. Zhuang)
Lam Ching Ying
(Master)
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