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1989

Burning Ambition

Directed by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

Duration

1h 44m

Released

April 13, 1989

Revenue

$425,977

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Cast56

  • Frankie Chan Fan-Kei
  • Simon Yam
  • Ko Chun-Hsiung
  • Yukari Ôshima
  • Kara Wai Ying-Hung
  • Michael Miu Kiu-Wai
  • Eddy Ko Hung
  • Roy Chiao
  • Austin Wai Tin-Chi

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