Snakehead (2021) on Netflix
After losing custody of her daughter Rosie, Tse leaves Taiwan for New York through a human smuggler, hoping to find her. Dai Mah demands repayment of a debt Tse cannot pay.
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- Netflix3.1/5
- IMDb5.2/10956 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
Tse pays a smuggler $50,000 to bring her from Taiwan to New York, and on arrival she is sent to Dai Mah, a brothel owner who tells her the debt now stands at $57,000. With no way to pay, Tse works to win the favor of the matriarch of the crime family that arranged her passage and to rise through its ranks. Her reason for the journey is her daughter Rosie, whose custody she lost after her jail sentence was commuted. The brothel brings harsh treatment from men, and Tse has to survive it while she looks for a way to her daughter.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Snakehead (2021)
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- Snakehead's story is loosely inspired by Sister Ping, a human smuggler who ran an operation between Hong Kong and New York City from 1984 to 2000.
