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I failed my family
before I ever left China. You did this to help them, to feed them. Now I'll be buried here, in this awful place. And my spirit
will never find its way home. The ghosts of a thousand coolies
will haunt this country
before I ever left China. You did this to help them, to feed them. Now I'll be buried here, in this awful place. And my spirit
will never find its way home. The ghosts of a thousand coolies
will haunt this country
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I failed my family
before I ever left China.
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You did this to help them,
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to feed them.
00:00:13.012 --> 00:00:15.237
Now I'll be buried here,
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in this awful place.
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And my spirit
will never find its way home.
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The ghosts of a thousand coolies
will haunt this country.
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Movie Summary
During the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy from China, immigrates to San Francisco and becomes a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.