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The 601st Phone Call is a film of genre Drama directed by Zhang Guoli with Hu Ge
The 601st Phone Call (2006)
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Add to a movie listThe 601st Phone Call () is a 2006 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Guoli and written by Zou Jingzhi. It was released in mainland China on August 18, 2006.
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A young woman named Yishu believes she has no luck at all and she blames her name for it. One day she starts receiving phone calls from people thinking that she is the popular singer Tianyou. It turns out that someone has leaked 600 phone numbers of famous people to the internet and Yishu's phone number got mixed up in the bunch.Actors
Hu Ge
(Xiaowen)
Cecilia Cheung
(Tianyou)
Niu Ben
(Old Man Li)
Zhang Guoli
(Chairman of the Board)
Wei Zongwan
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