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Runaway Blues is a Hongkongais film of genre Action with Andy Lau
Runaway Blues (1988)
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Add to a movie listRunaway Blues is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by David Lai and starring Andy Lau. Due to its amount of violence, the film was rated Category III by the Hong Kong motion picture rating system.
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South Taiwanese triad member Lam Kong (Andy Lau) flees to Hong Kong after killing another triad leader (Blackie Ko) in a motorcycle race. He hides in the house of triad leader Nip Ching's (Chan King-cheung) mistress Sue (Shirley Lui), who is also the lover of Nip's underling Chiu Kwai (Sunny Fong). Nip thinks highly of Kong due to his hard work and living up his demand to assist Chui Kwai in trading.Actors
Andy Lau
(Lam Kong)
Blackie Ko
(Triad in Race)
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