Saturday Fiction
Oct 15 2021
•2h 7m
•Action, Drama
Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Japanese-occupied China to star in a play directed by her former lover. However, her undercover work for the Allies soon places her life in grave danger.
Cast
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Gong Li
Yu Jin
Mark Chao
Tan Na
Joe Odagiri
Furuya Saburo
Pascal Greggory
Frederic Hubert
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