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Story of a Man

A man loses everything all at once: his family, his girlfriend, his family business — and he's thrown in jail for a crime he did not commit. Later, the man vows revenge against the rival and competitor whose perfectly plotted scheme once cost him everything.

A man loses everything all at once: his family, his girlfriend, his family business — and he's thrown in jail for a crime he did not commit. Later, the man vows revenge against the rival and competitor whose perfectly plotted scheme once cost him everything.

Genre: action, drama, melodrama, romance

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