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The True Hero

8.019941h 37mMovieActionCrime

An ex-con has spent the last ten years of his life in prison for defending the lives of his best friend and his best friend's sister. While in jail he learns to become a teacher's aide. In school he comes across these troubled teens who…

DirectorJoe Cheung Tung-Cho
WritersJoe Cheung Tung-Cho·Yeuk-Kwong Yuen

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Cast · Directed by Joe Cheung Tung-Cho

SYSimon Yam
Simon Yam
Cheung Chi-Wing
AWAnita Yuen Wing-yee
Anita Yuen Wing-yee
Hung
JYJohn Tang Yat-kwan
John Tang Yat-kwan
Kit
DTDerek Yee Tung-Sing
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Principal Chun
LTLawrence Cheng Tan-shui
Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui
Joe
ATAustin Wai Tin-chi
Austin Wai Tin-chi
Brother Four
JTJohn Ching Tung
John Ching Tung
Brother Tiger
CH
Christine Hung Hiu-Wan
JWJacqueline Law Wai-Guen
Jacqueline Law Wai-Guen
Miss Ho
DKDennis Chan Kwok-San
Dennis Chan Kwok-San
MMManfred Wong Man-chun
Manfred Wong Man-chun
CTChan Tat-Kwong
Chan Tat-Kwong

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