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The Fortune Code

1990 Hong Kong film by Kent Cheng

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The Fortune Code (Chinese: 富貴兵團) is a 1990 Hong Kong action film directed by Kent Cheng and starring Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Anita Mui, Alan Tam, Max Mok, Michael Miu, Austin Wai, Eric Tsang, Frankie Chan, and Gordon Liu.

01Plot

Set during the Japanese occupation of China, The Fortune Code tells the story of the occupants of a POW camp. When Wah Ying-hung (Andy Lau) manages to escape from the camp to meet up with his sweetheart, he learns that she is a spy. After being enrolled in the secret service he is sent back into the camp on a secret mission.

His mission is to get the code to a Swiss bank account which will release funds to save China; the only person who knows the code is known as the God of Fortune and is held captive in the camp.

02Cast

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