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The Story of a Discharged Prisoner is a Hongkongais film with Patrick Tse
The Story of a Discharged Prisoner (1967)
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Add to a movie listStory of a Discharged Prisoner (英雄本色; lit. "True Colors of a Hero"), also called Upright Repenter, is a 1967 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Lung Kong.
The film partially inspired the 1986 John Woo film A Better Tomorrow, which has the same Chinese name.
Actors
Patrick Tse
(Lee Jwo Horng)
Kien Shih
(One-Eye Jack)
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