Five Girls and a Rope

Apr 1, 1990

2h 3m

★ 5.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tomson Film Co., Ltd.

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Cast

Hejiang

Jing Ai

Sibao

Chang Shih

Shaman

Ying Chang

Aiyue

Yuan-Qi Lu

Guijuan

Hsiu-ling Wang

Wang Yu-wen

Jinmei

Pei-yu Wu

Mingtao

Yang Chieh-mei

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