Ma the flying bandit calls it quits after his daughter is born. His wife, a onetime prostitute, can’t stand poverty and turns him in to the authorities before resuming her profession. Years later, when the daughter is set to get married, the unabashed mother blackmails her own flesh and blood, so Ma has to escape from prison to thwart her.
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Yan Jun
Ma the Flying Bandit
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Griffin Yueh Feng Director · Doe Ching Writer Li Hou-Xiang Composer
First release January 24, 1949 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 血染海棠紅
Production
Great Wall Pictures Corporation
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
血染海棠紅
Original language
Chinese
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Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · January 24, 1949
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No release date listed for United States.
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