The Day the Sun Turned Cold
★ 5.8 · 1994 · 99m · Mystery · Crime · Drama
Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.
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