Asian School Girls

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Asian School Girls
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Directed byLawrence Silverstein
Screenplay byTim Culley
Produced by
Starring
  • Minnie Scarlet
  • Sam Aotaki
  • Catherine Hyein Kim
  • Devin Schultz
  • Belle Hengsathorn
Production
company
Distributed byThe Asylum
Release date
  • April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Asian School Girls is a 2014 American action film produced by The Asylum and directed by Lawrence Silverstein. The film stars Minnie Scarlet, Sam Aotaki, Catherine Hyein Kim, Devin Lung, and Belle Hengsathorn. [1]

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Plot

Four Asian school girls are drugged and gang raped by a Los Angeles crime syndicate. When one of the girls commits suicide, the other three plot their scheme against the syndicate to avenge her death. They take jobs as strippers in order to acquire $5,000 worth of weapons and get closer to their targets, so that they can go on a murderous revenge rampage.

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References

  1. Brown, Todd (2014-04-10). "Behold The Asylum's ASIAN SCHOOL GIRLS". Twitch Film . Retrieved 2014-04-21.