

Blind Shaft
2003-02-12 · 92 min · ★ 7.5
Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.
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- Directors
- Li Yang
- Production companies
- Tag Spledour and Films, Bronze Age Films
- Countries
- China, Hong Kong
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Li YixiangSong Jinming
Wang BaoqiangYuan Fengming
Wang ShuangbaoTang Zhaoyang
Jing AiXiao Hong
Bao ZhenjiangFirst Boss
Zhao JunMiss Ma
Wang YiningMamasan
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