Close Escape

Close Escape

Year: 1989

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: Cantonese

Director: Chow Jan-Wing

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Knowing that he’s dying from cancer, Lam feels a responsibility to come up with sufficient funds quickly so that his younger brother Wai-leong can complete medical school.

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