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Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-02-19
72%
46 Votes
Time: 1h 39m
Overview:
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
China,
Hong Kong,
United States of America,
Taiwan
ProductionCompanies:
Good Machine Films
Movie: Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Top 10 Billed Cast
Li Xiaolu
Wen Xiu
Lopsang
Lao Jin
Zheng Qian
Li Chuanbei
吕乐
Father
Lü Zhong
Belt Man
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シュウシュウの季節 (Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl) - Trailer
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