Weeds on Fire
Apr 23 2016
•2h 35m
•Drama, History
Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.
Cast
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Liu Kai-Chi
Principal Lo Kwong Fai
Sham Ka-Ki
Chan Keung
Lam Yiu-Sing
Tse Chi-Lung
Tony Wu
Fan Chun-Wai
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