The Village of No Return

Jan 26, 2017

1h 56m

★ 6.6

Overview

In a remote village, a con man disguised as a Taoist priest introduces a memory-erasing device to residents — but a dangerous plot looms.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Ablaze Image

Wanda Pictures

Mandarin Vision

1 Production Film

The Village of No Return Trailers

Cast

Autumn

Shu Qi

Fortune Tien

Wang Qianyuan

Master Wan

Joseph Chang

Dark Cloud

Lin Mei-Shiu

Rock Peeler

Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

Dean

Tony Yang

Chief

Ku Pao-Ming

Autumn's Father

Cheng Yu-Chieh

Villain

Ying Wei-min

Golden Lin

Chieh-Hui Hsu

Purple Cloud

Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen

Red Cloud

Bamboo Chen

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