The Wall

Jan 1, 2007

1h 48m

★ 0.0

Overview

In the early 1950s, even the small villages in Taiwan were bathed in the atmosphere of White Terror. It was a difficult time for all. There was a beautiful young woman called A-zhen. She always felt that there was something weird in her house since she got married to her husband, A-yi, the village glassblower. A-zhen was very curious about the mystery surrounding the wall in her house. So, one day, she decided to investigate the real secret behind the wall.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

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Cast

Yee

Yu An-Shun

Kimura

Yukihiko Kageyama

Chen

Alice Tsai-yi Huang

Haruko

Wen-Hsi Lan

Aunty A-Kan

Yue-hsia Hsieh

Special Agent

Chih-xing Wen

Neighbor

Chi-Yung Yang

Reading Club member

Wu Pong-Fong

Wong Yuen

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