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The Untold Story is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Herman Yau released in USA on 13 may 1995 with Anthony Wong
The Untold Story (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story (Chinese: 八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包) is a 1993 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Herman Yau and starring Danny Lee and Anthony Wong. The film is allegedly based on a true crime that took place in 1985 in Macau.
The film was followed up by two unrelated sequels with The Untold Story 2, featuring Wong returning in a supporting role, and The Untold Story 3 with Stephanie Chan in another supporting role.
Synopsis
The story opens with Wong Chi Hang fleeing the Hong Kong police, who are after him for murder. He winds up in Macau, where he takes a job as a cook at the 8 Immortals restaurant. After getting busted for cheating at a game of Mah Jong, Wong kills the owner and the family, taking over the restaurant himself. Meanwhile, the police, led by officer Lee (Danny Lee: The Killer, Dr. Lamb) are called out to a local beach. It seems that a bag of decomposing body parts has washed ashore.Actors
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