Breakout From Oppression
Breakout From Oppression
1985, Chinese. Directed by Karen Yang Chia-Yun.
A young woman is released from prison, after serving an eight-year sentence for murder, and wishes to start her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper through a friend, she tries to settle in despite the pressures of being an ex-convict. When bizarre incidents begin to occur both at work and at home, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her. NOTE: This is the 1985 IFD (Godfrey Ho & company) re-edit (with English dubbing) of Karen Yang Taiwanese thriller, Exposed to Danger.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 1985
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Godfrey Ho
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Who directed Breakout From Oppression?
Breakout From Oppression (1985) was directed by Karen Yang Chia-Yun and stars Lu Hsiao-Fen, Chang Fu-Mei, Lin Tsai-pei.