Mahjong

Mahjong

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1996-12-07
Duration:121 min
Country:Taiwan
Director:Edward Yang
Actors:Lawrence Ko, Chang Chen, Tang Tsung-sheng, Virginie Ledoyen, Kaizo Hayashi
Production:Atom Films

Overview:

Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.

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