Blind Shaft

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Blind Shaft

2003

1h 32m

7.6(63 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.

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9 members

Acting

李易祥

Song Jinming

Acting

王宝强

Yuan Fengming

Acting

Wang Shuangbao

Tang Zhaoyang

Acting

Jing Ai

Xiao Hong

Acting

鲍振江

First Boss

Acting

Sun Wei

Tang Zhaoxia

No Image

Acting

赵君

Miss Ma

Acting

王一宁

Mamasan

Acting

孙海英

Unknown Role

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