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Island Etude
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Island Etude

Nov 22, 2006
1h 48m
★ 7.5

Life is waiting… Just around the bend!

Overview

Ming-Hsang, a deaf college student, meets interesting people as he cycles around Taiwan before he graduates from college.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zoom Hunt International Productions Company Ltd.

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Cast

Ming-hsiang Tung

Ming

Ming-hsiang Tung

Yang Li-Yin

Teacher Liu

Yang Li-Yin

Hsu Hsiao-Shun

Husband

Hsu Hsiao-Shun

Tender Huang

Teacher Tian Bei

Tender Huang

Saya Chang

Maiden Sayon

Saya Chang

Danny Deng

Film Director

Danny Deng

Wu Nien-jen

Tour Bus Driver

Wu Nien-jen

Yung-Feng Lee

Tour Guide

Yung-Feng Lee

Wang Chien-He

Wang Chien-He

Bamboo Chen

Bamboo Chen

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