Movie: Five Girls and a Rope

Top 8 Billed Cast

Jing Ai
Jing Ai

Hejiang

Zhang Shi
Zhang Shi

Sibao

Ying Chang
Ying Chang

Shaman

Yuan-Qi Lu
Yuan-Qi Lu

Aiyue

Hsiu-ling Wang
Hsiu-ling Wang

Guijuan

Wang Yu-wen
Wang Yu-wen

Pei-yu Wu
Pei-yu Wu

Jinmei

Yang Chieh-mei
楊潔玫

Mingtao

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1990-04-01

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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  • Languages:

    普通话
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