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    The Pawned Wife

    99'

    1985-01-01

    N/A

    Drama

    Overview:

    A young starving married couple leave their baby with mum to find better fortune. They stowaway on a train, but are caught by a guard. The husband kills the guard and is injured, then is shot by another railway employee. The couple find shelter and are helped by a young monk and hindered by his master. The young monk suggests that, in order to pay for medical treatment, that the woman follow the village custom and pawn herself. Presenting herself as having a sick brother instead of a husband, the woman is pawned to an ugly but sincere villager named Ox.

    WritingChang Yung-hsiangDirectingWang Chu-Chin

    Cast

    1

    Yin-hua

    Lu Hsiao-Fen

    1

    Zou Lin-lin

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Taiwan
    • List of languages:
      1. Mandarin
    • List of companies:
      1. Yung Sheng Film Company
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.544
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:典妻

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