Formosa Betrayed (2009)

Directors

Adam Kane

Cast

Chelcie Ross, Henry Milton Chu, James Van Der Beek, John Heard, Kenneth Tsang, Kittipong Subthawonpan, Leslie Hope, Mintita Wattanakul, Nirut Sirijanya, Tzi Ma, Wendy Crewson, Will Tiao

The story

Inspired by two actual events, one surrounding the death of Professor Chen Wen-chen of Carnegie Mellon University in 1981, and the other the 1984 assassination of journalist Henry Liu in California by Chen Chi-li and his fellow Bamboo Union members, Formosa Betrayed is the story of FBI Agent Jake Kelly's (James Van Der Beek) investigation of the murder of Henry Wen (Joseph Foronda), a Taiwanese professor in Chicago. With the help of partner Tom Braxton (John Heard) and a sharp Chicago police detective (Leslie Hope), Agent Kelly discovers that the murderers have fled to Taipei, capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Agent Kelly is sent…

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