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Stage Door Johnny

Stage Door Johnny

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 24, 1990

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama, Action

Original Title

舞台姊妹

Director

Wu Ma

Description

During the 1920s in Shanghai, an all female Chinese Opera troupe is struggling. The troupe boss calls on Tsui to join them in the hope that her fighting sequences will pull the troupe out from imminent close-down. This enrages the actresses who are already quarreling among themselves. However, they come together when a Triad Boss Chang, goes after one of them. The actors and a young man named Lu and his friends become embroiled with the mobster.