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Release Date:
April 1, 1990
Original Title:
五個女子和一根繩子
Alternate Titles:
Cinq Filles et une Corde
Wu ge nu zi he yi gen sheng zi
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Tomson Film Co., Ltd.
Production Countries:
Taiwan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 123
Five girls grow up in China during the first years of the twentieth century. When they become adults they have to learn that women are almost without rights. Other women close to them are suppressed in the most brutal way. When Mingtao is to marry a mentally deficient but rich man, she and her friends decide to escape and to search for the mythical "garden" where a woman's life is worth living.
Director:
Hung-Wei Yeh
Director of Photography:
Li Yi-xu
Yang Wei-han
Novel:
Hung-Wei Yeh
Original Story:
Yei Weilin
Producer:
Hsu Feng
Screenplay:
Hung-Wei Yeh
Writer:
Xiao Mao
Chia-Hua Lau
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