School on Fire

Aug 20, 1988

1h 41m

★ 7.2

Overview

A young schoolgirl, Yuen Fong becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies in court over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart, Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Cinema City

School on Fire Trailers

Cast

Chu Yuen Fong

Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying

Sandy Kwok Siu Chun

Sarah Lee

Big Brother Smart

Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung

Teacher Wan

Damian Lau Chung-Yan

Hoi

Lam Ching-Ying

Happy

William Ho

Chu Man Hung

Victor Hon Kwan

Chuen Ngor

Tommy Wong

Teacher

Raymond Lee Wai-Man

Student

Tse Wai-Kit

Little Scar

Terrence Fok Shui-Wah

Chee Hung

Nam Yin

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