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The First Error Step

6.719801h 36mMovieCrimeDrama

Growing up without parents, Ma Sha has always worked as a lookout in a red-light district. When he is imprisoned for manslaughter following a customer's death, he breaks out of jail but is soon caught again and sent to a correctional…

DirectorTsai Yang-Ming
WritersKevin Chu·Ma Sha
ProducersChou Chang-Lin·Hung Yung Ma

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Cast · Directed by Tsai Yang-Ming

MSMa Sha
Ma Sha
Ma Sha
LHLiang Hsiu-shen
Liang Hsiu-shen
LH
Loretta Yang Hui-shan
Su Chu
WMWang Mo-chou
Wang Mo-chou
HL
Hsiao-fei Li
LMLi Min-Lang
Li Min-Lang
Black Dog
WC
Wang Chi
YC
Yang Hsiu Chuan

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The First Error Step hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 19, 1980. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.