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  • The True Hero (1994)
  • 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The True Hero (1994)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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 ...See moreAn 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 start hanging around a sleazy low-level triad that runs a video arcade, luring kids by exchanging games for drug running. He eventually befriends the kids pissing off the triad who gets him fired by digging up dirt on his past. But he doesn't care, he proposes to his girlfriend and she says yes but a student is still held under the grasp of the triad. So he goes back into action to try and free the kid and ridding the neighborhood of the sleazy scumbag. Can he reach the kid and change the kid's ways? Will the ex-con and his girl live happily ever after? Written by Joseph P. Ulibas See less
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Wong Sai Kit Kenneth (as Shijie Huang)
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Updated Oct 13, 1994

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Oct 13, 1994 (Hong Kong)

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43 cast members
Name Known for
Simon Yam
Cheung Chi-Wing Cheung Chi-Wing   See fewer
John Tang
Kit (as Yat-Kwan Tang) Kit (as Yat-Kwan Tang)   See fewer
Derek Tung-Sing Yee
Principal Chun (as Derek Yee) Principal Chun (as Derek Yee)   See fewer
Lawrence Cheng
Joe (as Tan-Shui Cheung) Joe (as Tan-Shui Cheung)   See fewer
Austin Wai
Brother Four Brother Four   See fewer
John Ching
Brother Tiger Brother Tiger   See fewer
Hiu Wan Hung
Actress (as Wicky Hung) Actress (as Wicky Hung)   See fewer
Wai-Guen Law
Miss Ho (as Jacqueline Law) Miss Ho (as Jacqueline Law)   See fewer
Kwok-Ping Choy
Actor (as Kwok-Ping Choi) Actor (as Kwok-Ping Choi)   See fewer
Barry Chu
Actor Actor   See fewer
Chi Man Ho
Actor Actor   See fewer
Frankie Chi-Ming Keung
Actor (as Frankie Keung) Actor (as Frankie Keung)   See fewer
Guy Lai
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David Lam
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Wan-Yin Lee
Actress Actress   See fewer
Jamie Luk
Teacher Teacher   See fewer
Hon-Yin Ng
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Chun-Te Tai
Actor (as Kwun Tak Tai) Actor (as Kwun Tak Tai)   See fewer
Manfred Wong
Mr. Man Mr. Man   See fewer
Zhan-Peng Wu
Actor (as Chang-Peng Wu) Actor (as Chang-Peng Wu)   See fewer
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