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Five Girls and a Rope
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Five Girls and a Rope

1990-04-01 · 123 min · ★ 6.0

Drama

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.

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Directors
Hung-Wei Yeh
Production companies
Tomson Film Co., Ltd.
Countries
Taiwan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jing AiJing AiHejiang
Chang ShihChang ShihSibao
Ying ChangShaman
Yuan-Qi LuYuan-Qi LuAiyue
Hsiu-ling WangGuijuan
Wang Yu-wenWang Yu-wen
Wu Pei-yuJinmei
Yang Chieh-meiYang Chieh-meiMingtao

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