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Born to Defence

Born to Defence

Once upon a time in China, a new hero emerged...

19885.92h 0m

Overview

Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

Directed by Jet Li
Written by Sze Yeung-Ping, Chit Yi-Gwoh
Produced by Fu Chi
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Top Cast

Jet Li

Jet Li

Jet

Song Jia

Song Jia

Na

Zhao Erkang

Zhao Erkang

Zhang

K

Kurt Roland Petersson

Captain Hans

Paulo Tocha

Paulo Tocha

Bailey

Y

Yuen Fai

Friend of Jet

Lam Hak-Ming

Lam Hak-Ming

Policeman

Cho Wing

Cho Wing

Angry Chinese

Dion Lam

Dion Lam

Angry Chinese

Ng Kit-Keung

Ng Kit-Keung

Angry Chinese

Themes & Keywords

transporter

About Born to Defence

Born to Defence is a action, thriller film released in 1988 exploring themes of transporter. Directed by Jet Li, it stars Jet Li, Song Jia, Zhao Erkang. Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

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