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Break Up The Chain

Break Up The Chain

19718.01h 38m

Overview

Cheol-Su, an assassin disguised as a patriot, Tae-Ho, a gangster, and Dal-Gun, a spy, are kind of people who can turn their backs from each other for the sake of their own interests. Now they are cooperating to find a golden Buddhist statue. They gets to think about the nation's wellbeing during their search for the statue, and decide to fight for their mother land, returning the statue to Lance.

Directed by Lee Man-hee
Written by Choi Kwan-du, Kim Won-tae
Produced by Seong Dong-ho
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Top Cast

Jang Dong-hwi

Jang Dong-hwi

Tae-ho

Nam Koong Won

Nam Koong Won

Kim Cheol-su

Heo Chang-kang

Heo Chang-kang

Heo Dal-geon

Hwang Hae

Hwang Hae

Konoueo

Choi Nam-hyun

Choi Nam-hyun

Old man

Kim Se-ra

Kim Se-ra

C

Choe Chang-ho

P

Park Ki-teak

J

Ji Yong-nam

Themes & Keywords

buddha statueasian westernmanchuria western

About Break Up The Chain

Break Up The Chain is a action, western, war film released in 1971 exploring themes of buddha statue, asian western, manchuria western. Directed by Lee Man-hee, it stars Jang Dong-hwi, Nam Koong Won, Heo Chang-kang. Cheol-Su, an assassin disguised as a patriot, Tae-Ho, a gangster, and Dal-Gun, a spy, are kind of people who can turn their backs from each other for the sake of their own interests. Now they are cooperating to find a golden Buddhist statue. They gets to think about the nation's wellbeing during their search for the statue, and decide to fight for their mother land, returning the statue to Lance.

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