Killing Does Not Pay (1979)

Genre : Crime

Runtime : 1H 28M

Director : Hua Shan
Writer : Weng Chia Pui, Lin Chan-Wai

Synopsis

A young Taipei hair stylist disappears, a short while after a black box containing a dead body is found, the body is hers and now the hunt is on to find the killer. By far this isn’t an ordinary case.

Actors

Chu Tit-Wo
Chu Tit-Wo
Lau Dan
Lau Dan
Ma Chung-Tak
Ma Chung-Tak
Chow Lai-Guen
Chow Lai-Guen
Sha Sha
Sha Sha
Han Ling
Han Ling
Lee Sau-Kei
Lee Sau-Kei
Lee Pang-Fei
Lee Pang-Fei

Crews

Hua Shan
Hua Shan
Director
Lin Chan-Wai
Lin Chan-Wai
Assistant Director
Poon Hung
Poon Hung
Editor
Weng Chia Pui
Weng Chia Pui
Screenplay
Lin Chan-Wai
Lin Chan-Wai
Screenplay
Man-wan Wong
Man-wan Wong
Director of Photography
Pau Ming
Pau Ming
Executive Producer

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